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> I hate to say it but I am not sure I believe the employment statistics are real, and am expecting those numbers to turn out to be false. You should read up o
by Kon-Peki 3y ago
> I hate to say it but I am not sure I believe the employment statistics are real, and am expecting those numbers to turn out to be false.
You should read up on how the data is assembled before thinking that it is false.
https://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm https://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm
It's a big challenge and they don't try to hide it. You can definitely see how gig work can affect things. I think that we're going to need to figure out how to better measure unemployment now that gig work platforms exist and it's so easy to use them.
You can also see state by state information
https://www.bls.gov/charts/state-employment-and-unemployment/state-unemployment-rates-map.htm# https://www.bls.gov/charts/state-employment-and-unemployment...
Which shows California as having higher-than-average unemployment and one of the highest rates of growth.
- thr0waaaay 3y agoNo they are hiding it because our government is unbelievably corrupt and not serving our interests. I would like to say it some other way, but revising down 10/11 reports can only be described as deliberate manipulation. There is no other explanation. See this tweet: the jobs numbers are totally fabricated and everyone looking knows it https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1743268608157876613 https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/174326860815787661...
- huytersd 3y agoYou have a good point but your reasoning is nonsensical. It could be as simple as the tech sector seeing a slump while hiring is really taking off in other sectors.
- Kon-Peki 3y agoLOL, Zero Hedge... The never ending doomerism will always have readers. Do yourself a favor and read old content on the wayback machine or something. They never get anything right, not even the housing crash of 07. But it sure is entertaining!