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> It's the number of people on government unemployment assistance / welfare. No, it is not. BLS provides official definitions of their terms here: https://dol.
by clipsy 3y ago
> It's the number of people on government unemployment assistance / welfare.
No, it is not. BLS provides official definitions of their terms here: https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2021/03/overview-of-alternative-measures-of-unemployment-and-labor-underutilization.pdf https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2021/03/overview-o...
- LanzVonL 3y agoWhen the talking heads on TV and the AI's writing "news" articles talk about unemployment they don't tend to mention the measure they're using. And it's almost always the best looking one, at least if they like the current President.