RE and economic charts: U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Rise By More Than Expected = 26000 to 436000 + Jobless claims near 9 million including 5 million on 'extended' benefit

Thursday, December 2, 2010

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Rise By More Than Expected = 26000 to 436000 + Jobless claims near 9 million including 5 million on 'extended' benefit

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not see how differently we are shown "The Numbers"

The 1st chart is the monthly RTT graph that emphasizes the lack of change this year.
The 2nd, 3rd & 6th charts show U.S. how much we have come down, since W
but they do not emphasize how much we went up in W's last two years.

The 5th chart is from Jim@CR and shows U.S. how far we DID go up, AND how much father down we need to go, before we will reduce the true level of un-and-under-employed.

The 4th chart is a new entry from the Christian Science Monitor, who have started to provide U.S. with "Sold at the Top's" wonderful economic charts. Sold is one of very few that fully use color.
What Sold shows U.S. is not only the total UI, but each of the component UI claim programs, which also show U.S. how many have been long-term unemployed.

Enjoy.
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