[expat_panama]

unemployment benefits unexpectedly increased

Contract employees are not eligible

75% of the job listings

We need to understand what we're saying here:

• Claims are up; claims are bad 
• --so it means we're worse off.
• Claims don't include contractors, and contractors are an increasing portion
• --so it means we must not be as bad of as we thought.

.Y'all really want to be saying we're not so bad off?

[relictele]

No, I’m saying the measuring sticks are anachronisms and the ones applying them are not honest brokers.

An army of Dem-sympathizing bureaucrats compiling statistics is a recipe for deceit. But even they can’t disguise market conditions.