8.7% I didn't realize it was that bad.
3/4/2009 5:52:05 AM
FUCK that, i'm stuck in Georgia
3/4/2009 5:57:05 AM
some states, cali being one, are approaching or at 10%
3/4/2009 5:58:01 AM
I just promised my roommate I'd stay with her for another six months if she got a condo, but I'm gonna have to renege. I'm moving back home with Mom and Dad. This shit is out of control.
3/4/2009 6:09:23 AM
8.7%. 8.7%????? That's nothing.
3/4/2009 6:21:35 AM
^^^ Michigan is almost at 11%
3/4/2009 6:22:09 AM
3/4/2009 6:22:41 AM
fuck's sake. i'm glad i'm still in school.
3/4/2009 6:58:02 AM
i'm glad i'm in the top 91.3%
3/4/2009 6:58:52 AM
They need to worry about paying me my income tax refund instead of giving handouts
3/4/2009 6:59:16 AM
^ true
3/4/2009 6:17:44 PM
Don't worry guys, Obama is going to fix this...........
3/4/2009 6:31:38 PM
stupid company hired me as a contractor, so i can't do unemployment since they laid me offwell i guess actually smart on their part... but still- assholes [Edited on March 4, 2009 at 6:35 PM. Reason : s]
3/4/2009 6:35:07 PM
really it is only 4.7% unemployment.4% of people do not want to work
3/4/2009 7:12:20 PM
do unemployment figures count the retired or those who cannot work, or is it just "able bodied americans?"
3/4/2009 7:14:32 PM
3/4/2009 7:20:25 PM
^^^ Someone doesn't know how unemployment % is calculated
3/4/2009 8:08:51 PM
What is the lowest unemployment rate NC has ever seen in the best economy? About 4% right? In a good economy, anyone who wants to work can get a job doing something. In that situation, unemployment represents the % of Americans who do not want to work. Using that logic, 8.7% of Americans are able, but only 4.7 want to be working.[Edited on March 4, 2009 at 9:11 PM. Reason : B]
3/4/2009 8:44:31 PM
^ Unemployment checks don't keep rolling in forever. Don't you only get them for a few months? I should ask my friend who is getting them now; I remember him saying the other week he was getting to the end of his time limit Does the unemployment rate include teenagers and college students who could work but are in school or whatever?[Edited on March 4, 2009 at 9:00 PM. Reason : .]
3/4/2009 8:59:23 PM
I wonder if WoW subscriptions are up?
3/4/2009 9:01:26 PM
thanks ambrosia[Edited on March 4, 2009 at 9:04 PM. Reason : lol EC why would i ever have taken that being design school]
3/4/2009 9:02:59 PM
actually most the official unemployment statistics do not include "discouraged" people. these are people who are not actively seeking employmentsee: http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl?s=wpd&c=dsp&k=discouraged+workersofficial definition of the Bureau of Labor Statistics "unemployment rate"UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: The proportion of the civilian labor force 16 years or older that is actively seeking employment, but is unemployed and not engaged in the production of goods and services. The unemployment rate is estimated and reported monthly by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is used not only as the prime measure of labor unemployment in the economy, but also as a key indicator of business-cycle instability. In principle, the unemployment rate measures the proportion of the labor that is willing and able to work, but employed. In practice, the official unemployment rate is simply the ratio of total unemployment to the total civilian labor force, in percentage terms.[Edited on March 4, 2009 at 9:10 PM. Reason : .]
3/4/2009 9:09:15 PM
ITS OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAND
3/4/2009 9:10:19 PM
why is it never 0%?
3/4/2009 9:12:51 PM
do you or do you not have to qualify for unemployment to count as part of the unemployment statistic?edit: If it's just estimated, I guess you don't. If I were to get laid off right now, I wouldn't qualify because I quit my last job to work at my current job, which I haven't been at for long enough.[Edited on March 4, 2009 at 9:16 PM. Reason : see edit]
3/4/2009 9:14:32 PM
When Obama and Perdue get through it will be worse than that.
3/4/2009 9:39:58 PM
rabble rabble rabbshut the fuck up faggot
3/4/2009 9:41:16 PM
I, sir am no faggot.
3/4/2009 9:52:48 PM
^5 This might have the answerhttp://tinyurl.com/dbehayThe link is blocked by my work server so I don't know what it actually says lol
3/4/2009 9:57:01 PM
Isn't 8.7% the december statistic? We're likely headed to double digits this summer.
3/4/2009 9:58:20 PM
It was the latest one they had on CNN's site. Not sure how current it was.http://www.miseryindex.us/urbymonth.aspKind of neat.
3/4/2009 10:04:00 PM
3/4/2009 10:18:05 PM
[Edited on March 4, 2009 at 10:26 PM. Reason : l]
3/4/2009 10:26:24 PM
9.7 percent
3/11/2009 11:22:52 AM
7.6% national unemployment rate almost doesn't seem terrible compared to the 10.80% in the 80's.
3/11/2009 12:01:28 PM
There are close to 70 million more people in this country now than there were then. That is why I think the numbers are misleading as I know not all 300+ million are working now, but there is probably a significant enough from the increase in population who are trying to work and would lead to larger numbers being unemployed.I'm thankful I have a job when graduating as people in other majors that I talk to are rocking about a 90% not having jobs rate where my major of CHE is over half currently do have jobs (that I know of), so scary situation regardless. Especially when my major typically has 100% placement though there are still 2 months until graduation, still a very scary situation.
3/11/2009 4:56:02 PM
raleighs unemployment is relatively low
3/11/2009 4:57:52 PM