Comments on: AP Plays Fast and Loose with Jobless Numbers http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:34:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: BizzyBlog » ‘Going Galt’ Got Going Last Summer http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-248441 BizzyBlog » ‘Going Galt’ Got Going Last Summer Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:13:50 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/#comment-248441 [...] The collections record occurred as the economy was in the midst of recovery after a difficult fourth quarter of 2007. First-quarter growth was a tepid 0.9%, but the second quarter’s 2.8% was just short of the 1958-2007 median of 3.1%. The real (i.e., not seasonally adjusted) economy added jobs, though not as many as in previous years, from February through June. [...] [...] The collections record occurred as the economy was in the midst of recovery after a difficult fourth quarter of 2007. First-quarter growth was a tepid 0.9%, but the second quarter’s 2.8% was just short of the 1958-2007 median of 3.1%. The real (i.e., not seasonally adjusted) economy added jobs, though not as many as in previous years, from February through June. [...]

]]> By: MKK http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-95346 MKK Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:55:21 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/#comment-95346 I agree, the government does seem to find a way to skew the numbers. Of course, any bureaucrat will find a way to justify their existence even if the position in their self-created bureaucracy is not productive. However, I can speak personally of the decline in the job market for those once employed in the mortgage sector. I agree, the government does seem to find a way to skew the numbers. Of course, any bureaucrat will find a way to justify their existence even if the position in their self-created bureaucracy is not productive. However, I can speak personally of the decline in the job market for those once employed in the mortgage sector.

]]> By: BizzyBlog » AP, As Usual, Botches Its Montly Report on the US Deficit http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-90592 BizzyBlog » AP, As Usual, Botches Its Montly Report on the US Deficit Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:08:02 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/#comment-90592 [...] Aversa’s usual specialty is hallucinating over “blizzards of pink slips” and “jobs vanishing into thin air” when she does her “report,” aka downbeat propaganda piece, on the government’s monthly jobs report. [...] [...] Aversa’s usual specialty is hallucinating over “blizzards of pink slips” and “jobs vanishing into thin air” when she does her “report,” aka downbeat propaganda piece, on the government’s monthly jobs report. [...]

]]> By: Azygos http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-87054 Azygos Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:07:04 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/#comment-87054 Employment numbers are totally bogus anyway. Take a look at who the government considers employed then try and explain the numbers in a rational way. It can't be done. Employment numbers are totally bogus anyway. Take a look at who the government considers employed then try and explain the numbers in a rational way. It can’t be done.

]]> By: BizzyBlog » AP’s 3-Million Job Gap http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-86004 BizzyBlog » AP’s 3-Million Job Gap Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:15:29 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/#comment-86004 [...] This was originally posted at Pajamas Media on Thursday under the title “AP Plays Fast and Loose with Jobless Numbers.” It was written before [...] [...] This was originally posted at Pajamas Media on Thursday under the title “AP Plays Fast and Loose with Jobless Numbers.” It was written before [...]

]]> By: debtclock http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-85643 debtclock Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:45:54 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/#comment-85643 Everyone knows that government's inflation and jobless reports are significantly doctored to the lower side. Why don't you look at jobless rate in governemt versus private sector - government (unproductive, debt-paid) jobs GROW every month, productive jobs decline every month. This fact makes the jobless picture look much rosier than it actually is. What jobs can we expect in a country with no manufacturing base, living on imported resources, imported manufactured goods and also fighting enormously expensive and completely unpopular/unproductive wars. We live only on debt, That debt is hitting the ceiling and there is no more room left - 9.6 TRILLION of Government Debt 12 TRILLION Corporate Debt (not including financial sector) 15 TRILLION Financial Sector Debt - banks are supposed to be lenders not borrowers??? Adjust away... Everyone knows that government’s inflation and jobless reports are significantly doctored to the lower side. Why don’t you look at jobless rate in governemt versus private sector – government (unproductive, debt-paid) jobs GROW every month, productive jobs decline every month. This fact makes the jobless picture look much rosier than it actually is.

What jobs can we expect in a country with no manufacturing base, living on imported resources, imported manufactured goods and also fighting enormously expensive and completely unpopular/unproductive wars. We live only on debt, That debt is hitting the ceiling and there is no more room left –

9.6 TRILLION of Government Debt
12 TRILLION Corporate Debt (not including financial sector)
15 TRILLION Financial Sector Debt – banks are supposed to be lenders not borrowers???

Adjust away…

]]> By: Kurt Brouwer http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-85626 Kurt Brouwer Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:50:24 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/#comment-85626 Nice piece Tom. Government statistics -- unemployment, CPI, GDP -- and the entire alphabet soup of government stats are useful when presented accurately. As you have demonstrated, the narrative of doom and gloom at the AP seems to have overwhelmed the true facts on the ground. Nice piece Tom. Government statistics — unemployment, CPI, GDP — and the entire alphabet soup of government stats are useful when presented accurately. As you have demonstrated, the narrative of doom and gloom at the AP seems to have overwhelmed the true facts on the ground.

]]> By: wGraves http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-85507 wGraves Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:20:12 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/#comment-85507 This is a shameless equivalent of push polling, designed to wire the election. I suppose that that is what 'wire services' do today. This is a shameless equivalent of push polling, designed to wire the election. I suppose that that is what ‘wire services’ do today.

]]> By: BizzyBlog » Latest Pajamas Media Column (’AP Plays Fast and Loose With Jobless Numbers’) Is Up http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-85145 BizzyBlog » Latest Pajamas Media Column (’AP Plays Fast and Loose With Jobless Numbers’) Is Up Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:34:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ap-plays-fast-and-loose-with-jobless-numbers/#comment-85145 [...] It’s here. [...] [...] It’s here. [...]

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