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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:02 PM Original message |
Unemployment Numbers By State |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder why Idaho has only a 2.7% of unemployment? nt |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. good question. (larry craig and crapo are the senators) |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. They have a strong farming sector |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. There are probably only 1000 people in the whole state |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Doesn't Idaho have a lot of retirees? |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. i don't know, but apparently they have the magic to transform superfund sites: |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Idaho has only 2.7% of their jobless actively drawing Unemployment Insurance |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. I See That Ohio |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. rates look bad. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. These are old numbers. Many have risen since November |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. "old numbers"? and you're updating by only one month! |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It rose to 6% |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. i was talking about idaho--not ohio--idaho had the lowest unemployment |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Sorry I misread |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. thanks. that's still pretty low. i wonder if they are still the lowest? |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. Aren't these figures artificially low because |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. IIRC, its the U2 (folks getting unemployment pay) vs U3 |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yup. I figured we were the bottom of the stack. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Hell, when i lived in Michigan it was the Height of the Dot Com boom and I was still underemployed. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. It's bad. My son will be losing at least three of his friends after the school year ends. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Me too |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. didn't edwards say something about being ... somewhere...maybe MI |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. My brother's house is being foreclosed |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. My in-laws lost theirs, same way. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. He's not in Michigan, that's for sure. He won't campaign here. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. aw, i'm sorry. (maybe he was talking about s. carolina? i forget) |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. He made an agreement not to. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. There's no such thing as "too long to be counted" ... as long as people are still looking. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. How do they know the person's still looking? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. They ASK. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Oooohhh. That makes sense. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. California has actually clicked up to 6.2%. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. No ... California went from 5.6% in November to 6.1% in December. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Horseshit. |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. what he said |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. at least!!! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. I think Alaska's unemployment rate |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. These are "seasonally adjusted" numbers ... Alaska went from 6.4% in November to 6.5% in December. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. Here are the numbers for December 2007, as released on January 18, 2008 |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. And how many have stopped looking? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. They're called "Discouraged Workers" |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Wow. That's bad. |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
32. Butte County's (CA) jobless rate in Dec was 7.4 percent, up from 5.9 percent in Nov 2006. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
44. Despite what Romney says, MA unemployment rate went UP to 4.5% |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
45. I wonder though do these numbers actually tell us anything |
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