Unemployment rates rise in 24 US states in August

[pcgeek11]

What's going on down there in Georgia that jobs are tanking?

From the article:

Georgia's rate rose even as its employers added the fourth-most jobs in the nation last month, gaining 15,800. The hiring and unemployment data can conflict because they come from two separate surveys. One is of households and the other survey covers businesses.

 

[SheHateMe]

Maybe they should start including level of education in these statistics.

I'm curious what credentials all these unemployed people have.

 

[simpletron]

I just want to point out that the data is coming from a BLS report
link: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm

The article can't even copy data correctly.
BLS:
In August 2014, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 35 states and decreased in 15 states and the District of Columbia. The largest over-the-month increases in employment occurred in California (+44,200), Florida (+22,700), and Texas (+20,100).

yahoo:
The biggest job gains were in Texas, which added 46,600 jobs, followed by California, with 27,700 and Michigan, with 17,900.

It is mathematically impossible for the number of jobs to increase and have unemployment go up unless the denominator (labor force) increased. The article mentions that in most states the number of jobs increased.

If you look at the Tables 3 through 6, on both a seasonal adjusted and not seasonal adjusted basis, for Georgia, the labor force shrank, number of jobs went up and number of unemployed went up. The impossible happened... 4,755,200 in the labor force, 393,200 unemployed, and 4,132,900 employed... wait those don't add up, there are 229,100 people missing in the non seasonally adjusted data for Georgia.

You are forgetting that the jobs data comes from a different survey(CES) than the labor force and unemployment data(CPS). There are many difference between these two surveys. For example, a person working two different jobs would be counted twice in CES but once in CPS. The Self-employed are counted in CPS, but not CES. There are many more differences and if you feel like reading more: http://www.bls.gov/bls/fesacp2101703.pdf

 

[Jhhnn]

Maybe they should start including level of education in these statistics.

I'm curious what credentials all these unemployed people have.

You're hinting at the idea that there's a skills mismatch between job seekers & jobs, something that hasn't been shown to be true at all.

In general, those with less education have higher unemployment rates. OTOH, getting them better educated just moves unemployment up the education scale. Jobs aren't going begging for lack of qualified applicants other than in very narrow specialties where there aren't a lot of jobs anyway.

 

[IGBT]

predatory liberal agenda is sucking money out of the economy under the guise of "redistribution" and "de-industrialization" / endless regulation designed to grow the liberal "big gov." agenda. Don't complain. You voted for this..twice.

 

[Jhhnn]

predatory liberal agenda is sucking money out of the economy under the guise of "redistribution" and "de-industrialization" / endless regulation designed to grow the liberal "big gov." agenda. Don't complain. You voted for this..twice.

You are very well propagandized, for sure. It shows in the fact free way you formulate your opinion.

The only sucking sound I hear is the ultra wealthy Job Creators financializing, offshoring & automating as fast as possible.

Well, that and the sound of the usual suspects defending the right of the top 1% to more than double their share of national income over the last 35 years or so, with much of that increase among the top .01%.

The only "redistribution" that's happened since 1978 or so is concentration into fewer & fewer hands, *away* from median families & below.

That's merely the truth. I could cover the page with links, quotes & statistics which wouldn't even dent your delusions to the contrary.

I'll post one anyway, clearly too deep for your soundbite mentality-

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...87-5dafd96295f0_story.html?wprss=rss_opinions

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally Posted by IGBT
predatory liberal agenda is sucking money out of the economy under the guise of "redistribution" and "de-industrialization" / endless regulation designed to grow the liberal "big gov." agenda. Don't complain. You voted for this..twice.

You are very well propagandized, for sure. It shows in the fact free way you formulate your opinion.

The only sucking sound I hear is the ultra wealthy Job Creators financializing, offshoring & automating as fast as possible.

Well, that and the sound of the usual suspects defending the right of the top 1% to more than double their share of national income over the last 35 years or so, with much of that increase among the top .01%.

The only "redistribution" that's happened since 1978 or so is concentration into fewer & fewer hands, *away* from median families & below.

That's merely the truth. I could cover the page with links, quotes & statistics which wouldn't even dent your delusions to the contrary.

I'll post one anyway, clearly too deep for your soundbite mentality-

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...87-5dafd96295f0_story.html?wprss=rss_opinions

Amen