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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Posts Tagged jobless rates

The Trouble With Unemployment Math

By | 04.05.10 | 9:42 am

The Washington Post today runs a timely reminder that the nation’s unemployment rate will likely rise even as hundreds of thousands of jobs start being created. The reason is simple: The Labor Department equation used to crunch the jobless rate doesn’t consider those folks who’ve been so discouraged More…

Here’s the Vehicle for the Next Jobless Benefits Extension

By | 11.11.09 | 2:45 pm

It’s no mystery that some Democrats are hoping to extend emergency unemployment benefits even further into next year — both to acknowledge a jobless rate that’s topped 10 percent, and to fix a filing deadline glitch that will prevent those in high-unemployment states from More…