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To: zek157
Trump is closer than official numbers from BLS.

It's not hard to come up with figures different from the BLS since their metrics are based on very narrow definitions. And those figures are probably more accurate than the BLS. But saying there are 94 million unemployed isn't close to accurate.

45 posted on 09/28/2015 11:59:39 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Stockman cites the number of 210 million adult Americans, who if they worked 2,000 hours per year, or about 40 hours per week, would deliver 420 million labor hours per year. When compared to the 240 million labor hours per year reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the total workforce of the country is delivering 57.1 percent of those 420 million labor hours, and otherwise stated, 42.9 percent of those hours are not being delivered. Therefore, the calculation of unemployment by this measure is 42.9 percent.

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2218523/david-stockman-says-unemployment-is-really-42-9-percent/#pO57ruweVF5eoB2U.99


52 posted on 09/28/2015 12:08:34 PM PDT by zek157
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