06-09-2008, 07:27 PM
[quote MacMagus]> No matter how it's measured, the unemployment rate today is LOWER than it was through about 1997.
You seem to have ignored the chart that you claim to refer to. WTF? Are you looking at the chart. Just to be clear we're talking about the same thing. When the squiggly colored line on the chart is closer to the top of it, it represents a HIGHER number. When it is closer to the bottom of the chart, it represents a LOWER number. When
[quote MacMagus]Perhaps the text is too small for you.
Also, you've changed the date that you're using as a reference. Why did you do that? I assume you're being facetious and not insulting. That small chart is from YOUR posting. I was eyeballing it. For everyone's benefit, here it is, enlarged with a easy-to-see yellow line added. I think 1997 was a pretty good guess off of the original chart. It's also just as I said - the unemployment rate NOW, no matter how it's being measured, is lower than it was up until sometime in 1997 - according to YOUR OWN CHART.
You seem to have ignored the chart that you claim to refer to. WTF? Are you looking at the chart. Just to be clear we're talking about the same thing. When the squiggly colored line on the chart is closer to the top of it, it represents a HIGHER number. When it is closer to the bottom of the chart, it represents a LOWER number. When
[quote MacMagus]Perhaps the text is too small for you.
Also, you've changed the date that you're using as a reference. Why did you do that? I assume you're being facetious and not insulting. That small chart is from YOUR posting. I was eyeballing it. For everyone's benefit, here it is, enlarged with a easy-to-see yellow line added. I think 1997 was a pretty good guess off of the original chart. It's also just as I said - the unemployment rate NOW, no matter how it's being measured, is lower than it was up until sometime in 1997 - according to YOUR OWN CHART.