That seems to me an astounding decrease in unemployment.
See the last paragraph in the screen capture from the article on the subject in the Chicago Tribune:
“…only a fitful recovery,” the Associated Press concludes.
Math is not the long suit of many reporters.
Those numbers are total fiction
Nose? I would have placed it in another location
Unemployment down 435%! COVID rate up 7650%. Black IQs up 250%
It’s all a pack of lies!
These numbers are simply folks being called back to work who were displaced due to COVID earlier in the year, which is a great thing — but no new jobs or manufacturing were actually CREATED by this administration or their policies.
In August, only 1.4 million people returned to work (and this number includes 240,000 temporary census workers who will be laid off in September) as opposed to 1.8 million in July and 4.8 million called back in June.
2Q GDP growth was down over 32%.
Good point about the Census workers.
Only 22% of black, non Hispanic males between 18-50 are employed.
Also to think about is all the school related employees that are now back to school.
Did you know they became eligible to receive unemployment for 2020 only.
A law last session and signed by JB that received no media coverage.
Most of these workers will now get full pay for less than 40 hours a week as the school district will claim they are employed during remote learning and are needed.
Illinois for this year allowed school employees such as para pros, cafeteria workers and bus drivers to receive unemployment benefits.
Previously, they were ineligible to receive unemployment for the summer unless they were notified that their employment was not needed in the fall.
The teachers were not included and were still intelligible to receive benefits.
Probably would be lower if certain Democratic states opened up.
New York who only has a little over 400 COVID hospital cases in the whole state still refuses to open because they are trying to keep the economy down and not give Trump a win.
Just like Illinois.