Posted on 06/22/2013 4:06:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Some of that is capital gains. A few more weeks like this one in the stock market and things won’t be so rosy.
Well they always announce first time filers for unemployment benefits, and the unemployment rate is a bunch of hocus pocus, because those that give up looking are not counted as unemployed.
Yes, they flag the filers, but that still doesn’t have much of anything to do with the ‘unemployment rate’, just another stupid statistic to make themselves look better. (or worse, which will never make the news)
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