“”Anyone else think these numbers don’t add up? And I don’t mean just this month’s.””
Yes - I’m with you. As I posted last month, figures don’t lie but liars sure figure. They settle on a % and then tinker with the numbers below and above and voila, it comes out exactly as they want it to.
It doesn’t seem to match the reports for the weekly number of people applying for UI, which have been running at about a rate of 400k per month for the last two months. These people might be finding new work more quickly, but given the other economic numbers such as manufacturing, inventory and sales that show shrinkage, I have doubts about accuracy of this one.