Tag: BLS
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Is Government Employment Down?
The Wall Street Journal claims federal employment, excluding postal workers, is the “lowest total in seven years” and includes the following chart. Because this is a surprising factoid, I posted it on Facebook. After receiving a comment that 1.6% is probably off by a decimal, I started to question the data. I headed off to…
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Discouraged Workers
A common complaint is unemployment statistics don’t include “discouraged workers.” These “workers” however are being tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here is a chart showing discouraged workers, in thousands. I am posting this chart as support for a discussion I’m having on Facebook.