06-09-2008, 09:38 AM
> The unemployment rate is LOWER than it was from 1980-1996.
STF for my post on "Pollyanna Creep."
The way that the unemployment rate is calculated has changed.
If figured in the manner that it was in the 1980's, unemployment would be around 12% now. It's MUCH higher than it was in the 1980's and 1990's.
STF for my post on "Pollyanna Creep."
The way that the unemployment rate is calculated has changed.
If figured in the manner that it was in the 1980's, unemployment would be around 12% now. It's MUCH higher than it was in the 1980's and 1990's.