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JT45242

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1. Likely people are not in the numbers because of the rules

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 02:26 PM

Mar 2021

Once you have been unemployed for a certain length of time or are no longer looking they do not count.

What you are talking about, I think, is the actual employment numbers (what percentage of adults age 18-67 are working). THat is a better measure of employment because it paints a picture of how many people are removed from the economy.

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Question - Iowa's unemployed percentage is really low, yet the state did lose jobs over the past yea [View all] rurallib Mar 2021 OP

Likely people are not in the numbers because of the rules JT45242 Mar 2021 #1

That sounds like what I am looking for. rurallib Mar 2021 #2

Should be compiled at the state level JT45242 Mar 2021 #3