Re: Re: Question: unemployment rate

2001-08-20 Thread Marta Russell
thanks! marta Doug Henwood wrote: > > Marta Russell wrote: > > >Someone on this list probably has this figure in their head. > > > >When the U.S. unemployment rate went up from 3.9% in April 2000 to > >4.5% in April 2001 about how many people lost their jobs? > > > >Was it 500,000 or more than

Re: Question: unemployment rate

2001-08-20 Thread Jim Devine
Marta Russell wrote: >Someone on this list probably has this figure in their head. > >When the U.S. unemployment rate went up from 3.9% in April 2000 to >4.5% in April 2001 about how many people lost their jobs? > >Was it 500,000 or more than than that? total official employment in April 2000 = 1

Re: Question: unemployment rate

2001-08-20 Thread Doug Henwood
Marta Russell wrote: >Someone on this list probably has this figure in their head. > >When the U.S. unemployment rate went up from 3.9% in April 2000 to >4.5% in April 2001 about how many people lost their jobs? > >Was it 500,000 or more than than that? About 300,000 more. UNEMPLOYMENT, TOTAL