tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13056456.post7416750080584926489..comments2024-01-15T05:15:23.238-05:00Comments on New York SBDC Research Network: Unemployment Ratereneemariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13980690441990333453noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13056456.post-87019572392390175592009-01-09T13:16:00.000-05:002009-01-09T13:16:00.000-05:00Figures collected for Reuters by John Williams, fr...Figures collected for Reuters by John Williams, from the electronic newsletter Shadowstats.com, suggest that...if unemployment were still tallied the way it was in the 1930s, today's jobless rate would be closer to 16.5 percent -- more than double the stated rate.<BR/>...<BR/>He and other critics have one particular sticking point with the current way of measuring unemployment: the treatment of discouraged workers.<BR/><BR/>http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Economy/idUSTRE5077TM20090109Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.com