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2006-09-01 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Frank G 2006-09-01 09:30|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And the price of gasoline is headed down, though not quickly enough to help the Pubs on election day.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-09-01 11:16|| 2006-09-01 11:16|| Front Page Top

144,579,000 people were employed. A record number.

The unemployment rate was 4.7%. For any month prior to October 1997, that would have been a record low.

The black unemployment rate was 8.8%. For every month prior to June of 1998, that would have been a record low rate.
The Hispanic unemployment rate was 5.3%. There have only been two months when the rate was lower, May 2006 and October 2000.

The number of people unemployed for 27 weeks or more remained in the range it has been in for several months. The number remains well below any of the peaks since 1968 and within the trend for the period when compared to the population increase for that period.

Graphs will post after 1 pm on my site.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2006-09-01 11:21|| http://northcountry journal.org]">[http://northcountry journal.org] 2006-09-01 11:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey, I'm test driving my shiny new job this month, so there.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-09-01 11:27|| 2006-09-01 11:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Still has that "new job smell", lol. Someone hand me a shammy, I just smudged my screen.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-09-01 11:28|| 2006-09-01 11:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Same here-- new job smell on the brain. The boss can barely stand my enthusiasm. But he does like the productiviy.

And the customers seem to like a friendly new face.

Posted by N guard 2006-09-01 20:12|| 2006-09-01 20:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Seafarious, N Guard, congratulations to you both!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-09-01 20:37|| 2006-09-01 20:37|| Front Page Top

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