RE and economic charts: On The Margin: Total Unemployment June + Envisioning Employment: Employment Situation June + Full Time Workers Fully Under Pressure + Recovery-less Recovery: Unemployment Duration

Saturday, July 9, 2011

On The Margin: Total Unemployment June + Envisioning Employment: Employment Situation June + Full Time Workers Fully Under Pressure + Recovery-less Recovery: Unemployment Duration

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read how bad it was yesterday, but not SEE how bad it really is....
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While reading these four posts by Paper Economy are very informative
these graphs are worth ten thousand - 10,000 - words.
Take the 1st chart - please.
and then remember that we - BLS, you, PE and U.S. - are NOT looking at those who have dropped out of the labor force. Not in this chart.
15 + % of U.S. are out of work, and probably 10 % or more quit looking.
ONE quarter of U.S. are un or under-employed.
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Said they once upon at time: "Show U.S. the beef!"
The beef is that neither Obama, the Congressional Democrats OR the Congressional Republicans are now willing to actually DO anything to even try to fix this mess.
All seem intent upon making it worse - much worse.
God have mercy on U.S.
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