Current Numbers Dont Add Up To Recovery

Unemployment numbers belie the announced recovery, credit card interest still killing consumers, market changes the balance over manipulation, economic recovery not possible without a manufacturing base, dollar abandoned worldwide, a second downturn is forecast This past week the BLS released the September unemployment statistics and they worsened as usual, as America enjoys its recovery. * Those unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force was 5.4%. * Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the labor force was 6.8%. * Total unemployed, as a percentage of the civilian labor force, the official unemployment rate, 9.8%. * Discouraged workers 10.2%. * Total unemployed plus discharged workers, plus marginally attached workers 11.1%. * Total unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force 17%. If the birth/death ratio is removed, U-6 is in reality 21.3% total US unemployment. The estimate is that 824,000, more jobs m...