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cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/06/01/economy/economy/
"...Report reflects revisions
April`s employment report was revised significantly after the government changed its method of counting payrolls and found more jobs were created than originally reported in the past 12 months."
anmerkung von mir: so ist das also. da wird die berechnungsmethode geändert, so dass eine unmittelbare vergleichbarkeit der zahlen nicht gegeben ist, aber alle welt sieht nur eine gesunkene arbeitslosenziffer, erfreulich unreflektiert natürlich, wie so oft.
"the revisions tempered economists` enthusiasm about the data.
"The numbers are a little better than we expected," said Peter Kretzmer, senior economist with Banc of America Securities. "Still, these things bounce around, and I think we`ll probably see the unemployment figure break 4.5 percent next month," Kretzmer said.
The government also said average hourly wages rose 4 cents to $14.26, in line with forecasts.
May`s decline in unemployment was the first drop since September, when the jobless rate fell to a 30-year low of 3.9 percent. Unemployment has risen steadily ever since, as job cuts have accumulated in the wake of a slowing economy.
Though at first glance it seems impossible for the unemployment rate to fall while job cuts rise, as happened this month, the discrepancy is partially explained by the fact that the actual labor force -- the proportion of the population 16 years of age and older who are either working or looking for work -- shrank by nearly 500,000 people in May.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has no data to explain why the work force shrank so drastically, but economists had their guesses.
"Unemployment is down because a lot of people have stopped looking for jobs, and therefore don`t count as unemployed," said Bill Cheney, chief economist with John Hancock Financial Services Inc."
mfg tom68
P.S. Es gibt viele Varianten, eine bestimmte Situation so gut als möglich darzustellen!
cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/06/01/economy/economy/
"...Report reflects revisions
April`s employment report was revised significantly after the government changed its method of counting payrolls and found more jobs were created than originally reported in the past 12 months."
anmerkung von mir: so ist das also. da wird die berechnungsmethode geändert, so dass eine unmittelbare vergleichbarkeit der zahlen nicht gegeben ist, aber alle welt sieht nur eine gesunkene arbeitslosenziffer, erfreulich unreflektiert natürlich, wie so oft.
"the revisions tempered economists` enthusiasm about the data.
"The numbers are a little better than we expected," said Peter Kretzmer, senior economist with Banc of America Securities. "Still, these things bounce around, and I think we`ll probably see the unemployment figure break 4.5 percent next month," Kretzmer said.
The government also said average hourly wages rose 4 cents to $14.26, in line with forecasts.
May`s decline in unemployment was the first drop since September, when the jobless rate fell to a 30-year low of 3.9 percent. Unemployment has risen steadily ever since, as job cuts have accumulated in the wake of a slowing economy.
Though at first glance it seems impossible for the unemployment rate to fall while job cuts rise, as happened this month, the discrepancy is partially explained by the fact that the actual labor force -- the proportion of the population 16 years of age and older who are either working or looking for work -- shrank by nearly 500,000 people in May.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has no data to explain why the work force shrank so drastically, but economists had their guesses.
"Unemployment is down because a lot of people have stopped looking for jobs, and therefore don`t count as unemployed," said Bill Cheney, chief economist with John Hancock Financial Services Inc."
mfg tom68
P.S. Es gibt viele Varianten, eine bestimmte Situation so gut als möglich darzustellen!
