Comments on: What Do Unemployment Stats Mean? http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/ Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:41:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.4 By: There is No Such Thing as “True Unemployment Rate” at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-21816 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:26:19 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/#comment-21816 As Dr. Deming said: “there is no true value” of any measured process. The results depend on the process which includes the operation definitions used…

]]> By: Why China’s Economic Data is Questionable at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-4650 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:53:56 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/#comment-4650 […] are several issues with economic data, as I have mentioned before. These issues have to be considered when analyzing economic data and […]

]]> By: Is China’s Recovery for Real? at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-4615 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:53:57 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/#comment-4615 It seems to me the Chinese recovery does look real. How strong the economy will be 6 months from now is less clear but right now things look positive to me…

]]> By: Another 663,000 Jobs Lost in March in the USA at Curious Cat Economics Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-4453 Mon, 11 May 2009 13:36:28 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/#comment-4453 663,000 jobs were lost in the USA in March and the unemployment rate rose from 8.1 to 8.5 percent…

]]> By: Curious Cat Economics Blog: Bad News on Jobs http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-3535 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:39:45 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/#comment-3535 The growth in the number of jobs in the USA continues to be bad. The growth in jobs has been very poor thus far this century…

]]> By: CuriousCat: Salaries with a College Degree http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-3440 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:05:03 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/#comment-3440 Counting on being able to steadily progress during your career, without any gaps or times when you must accept much less than you hoped, is risky…

]]> By: Economist Challenges Government Data at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-3320 Mon, 26 May 2008 02:34:34 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/06/what-do-unemployment-stats-mean/#comment-3320 It makes perfect sense for inflation to more accurately take into account the substitution effects people can make but that also allows the figures to be more influenced by judgments of what is a fair substitution (and also what is increased quality worth…)…

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