[pabianice]

Until self employment numbers are counted, "unemployment numbers" will remain garbage.

[CMAC51]

Until self employment numbers are counted, "unemployment numbers" will remain garbage.

Contract labor does not count in many of the indices. Someone could be doing the same job on Monday that they did on Friday, but if the job was moved to a contract service, a job was lost, unemployment went up and no job was created. The person is still drawing a paycheck though.

That is not to say there are not problems in the employment sector, however the numbers don't paint an accurate picture.

[ex-snook]

Picture of self-employed man selling apples.