Comments on: Unemployment Rate Drops Half A Percentage Point In Escambia And Santa Rosa http://www.northescambia.com/2019/10/unemployment-rate-drops-half-a-percentage-point-in-escambia-and-santa-rosa Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:50:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2019/10/unemployment-rate-drops-half-a-percentage-point-in-escambia-and-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-400099 David Huie Green Tue, 22 Oct 2019 01:35:51 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=379305#comment-400099 REGARDING: "Like so many of the statistics, this type of calculation makes the figures look better!" Few are completely incapable of working. The statistics are reasonable. Those who would like to work divided into the ones who would like to but aren't times 100% gives the unemployment rate. What is strange is that a person who would like to be hired as a nuclear physicist but is unable to add two plus two is still counted as unemployed unless he is employed. David for truth -- and four REGARDING:
“Like so many of the statistics, this type of calculation makes the figures look better!”

Few are completely incapable of working. The statistics are reasonable. Those who would like to work divided into the ones who would like to but aren’t times 100% gives the unemployment rate. What is strange is that a person who would like to be hired as a nuclear physicist but is unable to add two plus two is still counted as unemployed unless he is employed.

David for truth — and four

]]> By: Joel Muncie http://www.northescambia.com/2019/10/unemployment-rate-drops-half-a-percentage-point-in-escambia-and-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-400023 Joel Muncie Sun, 20 Oct 2019 13:46:36 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=379305#comment-400023 People not looking for work are not defined as unemployed even if they are capable of working! Like so many of the statistics, this type of calculation makes the figures look better! People not looking for work are not defined as unemployed even if they are capable of working! Like so many of the statistics, this type of calculation makes the figures look better!

]]> By: mat http://www.northescambia.com/2019/10/unemployment-rate-drops-half-a-percentage-point-in-escambia-and-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-400005 mat Sun, 20 Oct 2019 02:47:07 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=379305#comment-400005 Paul, Do you know how they come up with the number of people that are unemployed? Paul,
Do you know how they come up with the number of people that are unemployed?

]]> By: Paul http://www.northescambia.com/2019/10/unemployment-rate-drops-half-a-percentage-point-in-escambia-and-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-400004 Paul Sun, 20 Oct 2019 02:27:06 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=379305#comment-400004 Unemployment rate does not take into account how many lose their unemployment benefits. Unemployment is measured in order to determine the unemployment rate. The rate is a percentage that is calculated by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by the number of individuals currently employed in the labor force. Unemployment rate does not take into account how many lose their unemployment benefits. Unemployment is measured in order to determine the unemployment rate. The rate is a percentage that is calculated by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by the number of individuals currently employed in the labor force.

]]> By: Phillip Ware-Ehlers http://www.northescambia.com/2019/10/unemployment-rate-drops-half-a-percentage-point-in-escambia-and-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-399994 Phillip Ware-Ehlers Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:41:30 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=379305#comment-399994 The numbers decline because people only draw 3 months unemployment, and after that, those unemployed that exhaust their 3 months, fall from the numbers. They are still unemployed, but no longer have benefits. The numbers decline because people only draw 3 months unemployment, and after that, those unemployed that exhaust their 3 months, fall from the numbers. They are still unemployed, but no longer have benefits.

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