The unemployment rate is 5.6 percent

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Tom Brosz — 3/27/2004 2:59:27 AM (archived)

I'm not sure where the bar for "very bad" is. Clinton was reelected on an unemployment rate of 5.4 percent. The lowest rate of his entire first term was 5.1 percent, and it was lower than 5.6 percent for only 12 months of that time.

94.4 percent of the workforce has jobs. Who are they going to vote for?

The problem is a host of people screaming "the economy sucks" at the top of their lungs, regardless of the actual indicators.

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What's happening with the economy, 4th qtr... - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2004 5:20:31 AM
- All true, but the job situation is still very bad. If it does not improve, Bush will lose the election. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/26/2004 10:12:07 PM
  - The unemployment rate is 5.6 percent - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2004 2:59:27 AM
    - I do NOT believe that number. Unemployment must be guaged as the percentage of persons of a certain age group in good health - David F Mayer - 3/28/2004 4:06:38 AM
      - Look, you can cook the numbers until you're blue in the face - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2004 7:44:01 AM
        
        I am not interested in "cooking numbers", but the fact remains that unemployment is quite high. - David F Mayer - 3/28/2004 9:07:18 PM
        
        the fact remains - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2004 3:56:14 AM
        
        Not at all. It gives an INVARIANT way of looking at the picture. - David F Mayer - 3/29/2004 5:35:03 PM
        
        Statistics - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2004 4:32:22 AM
    - Does that include the people who have stopped looking? - Mary Anne - 3/27/2004 1:42:26 PM
      - re: people who have stopped looking - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2004 9:01:20 PM
        
        I have no idea. - Mary Anne - 3/28/2004 5:25:14 PM
        
        Marie Antoinette's serving cake again... - Fox - 3/28/2004 4:52:08 AM

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