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Old 10-08-2011, 12:06 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by chemgear View Post
I've seen various ranges (90,000-150,000/month) that the US has to have every month in jobs growth just to keep pace with population/workforce growth.

Anybody ever see that number pinned down properly?
I can't find it now, but in the audio copy of the Economist, the august 22nd or 27th edition, they talked about Augusts jobless rate and how fishy those numbers are.

They then included the underemployed rate and it was an even more staggering figure. Something like a combined 21 percent.
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