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On 5 Nov 2002 at 21:32, flw wrote:
> "Is anything real going on here?" asked Robertson at Macquarie. "Or is it
> best just to walk away with the conclusion that the household survey
> data -- including the published unemployment rate -- are too erratic to be
> taken seriously?"
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Reuters
Odd Farm-Sector Surge Distorts Jobs Data
Tuesday November 5, 2:48 pm ET
By Wayne Cole
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An inexplicable surge in farm jobs has played a major
part in keeping the U.S. unemployment rate down in recent months, despite
persistent weakness in other labor m