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| Best explanation ever of "unexpected" unemployment figures |
| 2010-04-17 |
| Posted by:Frozen Al |
| #8 #6 The next jump in unemployment will be caused by the Iceland volcano. Phil Never waste a good crisis eh? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-17 18:16 |
| #7 Unemployment figures are like "global warming." If it is unseasonably hot it is global warming; if it is unseasonably cold it is still global warming. if people question the global warming concept; it get changed to "climate change." We have a "well-seasoned" bunch of liars in Washington these days. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-04-17 18:12 |
| #6 The next jump in unemployment will be caused by the Iceland volcano. Imagine the effect if most interstate highways (motorways in Europe) were shutdown for weeks or months. Much of the world now operates on inventoryless JIT supply chains and much of that supply goes by air. Although it's interesting that few people seemed to have realized this. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2010-04-17 18:01 |
| #5 Mosquito season is coming up. Everyone like to blame mosquitoes. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-04-17 16:52 |
| #4 What happened to huge jump in employment due to census taking workers. Is the snow storms of this past winter still causing unemployment? Or all the flakes running the country in DC? |
| Posted by: Ebbenter Elmenter7037 2010-04-17 16:26 |
| #3 Looks as though Barry may be a bit frazzeled, tired, even depressed. Might be time for another vacation, road tour, week end at Camp David, the Hamptons, or better yet a RESIGNATION! Obama pushes bank reform, lashes out at GOP He accuses Republicans of waging ‘deceptive’ attack against measure. msnbc (spit) Link |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-17 16:25 |
| #2 expect next week's "unexpected" jump to be blamed on the fireball meteorite over the midwest |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-04-17 16:15 |
| #1 Last I heard it was the Easter Bunny's fault... Economists suggest the spike in claims could be related to the Easter holiday. Each week, it seems, there's some sort of anomaly that affects the new jobless claims -- the big February snows, the March snapback from the big February snows, the Easter holiday -- so it's hard to get a good handle on the real jobless picture in the U.S. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-04-17 14:57 |