Fake jobs numbers…. again
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The White House this morning, is serving up fake jobs numbers… again. And they read like a fairy tale. 7.8% unemployment. But notice… the U6.. the real unemployment number… isn’t listed in the reports we all see… It stood at 14.6% as of last month. That’s a fact that has not moved substantially, for months. Here’s the breakdown from the BLS.GOV website.
| Measure | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep ’11 | Aug ’12 | Sep ’12 | Sep ’11 | May ’12 | Jun ’12 | Jul ’12 | Aug ’12 | Sep ’12 | |
| U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the | |||||||||
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