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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Interesting perspective based off the government’s statistics.
Here is my perspective on the matter http://williamthien.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/jobs-debate-has-politicians-off-task/
What statistics is this table using?
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?bls
I went here and clicked on civilian labor force and total employment. I get different results for the last box.
It’s Total Nonfarm Employment, the most commonly used measure.
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August 1st, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Interesting perspective based off the government’s statistics.
Here is my perspective on the matter http://williamthien.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/jobs-debate-has-politicians-off-task/
August 1st, 2012 at 11:19 pm
What statistics is this table using?
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?bls
I went here and clicked on civilian labor force and total employment. I get different results for the last box.
August 2nd, 2012 at 9:16 am
It’s Total Nonfarm Employment, the most commonly used measure.