[Signalman]

Gallup says the unemployment rate is 10.3 percent. I don’t know, maybe it just me, but I tend to believe Gallup over the guvmint.

[NC28203]

>>>Gallup says the unemployment rate is 10.3 percent. I don’t know, maybe it just me, but I tend to believe Gallup over the guvmint.

Was that the case last summer when Gallup's number were lower than the governements? The difference can largely be explained by seasonality. Gallup doesn't use it, so winter numbers look worse, summer numbers look better.

[Sooth2222]

"Gallup says the unemployment rate is 10.3 percent. I don’t know, maybe it just me, but I tend to believe Gallup over the guvmint."

I don't even believe the US government's weather forecasts!

Gallup (CLICK) says unemployment was up to 10.3% and underemployment was up to 19.9%.

Gallup: "Jobs Situation Deteriorates in February"

"There is essentially no difference between the unemployment rate now and the one at this time a year ago; January's rate, in contrast, showed a 1.1-percentage-point year-over-year improvement. This suggests that the real U.S. jobs situation worsened in February. That is, jobs are relatively less available now than in January."

Happy days are here again?