http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2009/06/06/164/ The source on how we live, work and play Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2009/06/06/164/comment-page-1/#comment-12951 Left Blog Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:05:02 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=11760#comment-12951 [...] THE GOVERNMENT USES TWO WAYS OF CALCULATING UNEMPLOYMENT. “U6,” THE ONE THEY DON’T... [...] [...] THE GOVERNMENT USES TWO WAYS OF CALCULATING UNEMPLOYMENT. “U6,” THE ONE THEY DON’T… [...]

]]> http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2009/06/06/164/comment-page-1/#comment-12950 ECONOMY MELTDOWN: summary and updates: U3 unemployment hits 9.4%, U6 hits 16.4%; 6,000 new bankruptcy filings/day « Left Blog Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:57:50 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=11760#comment-12950 [...] UPDATES. What can be done if the same banks that caused this crisis continue to control Congress? here. abcNews thinks the recession is over, here, but S&P thinks the bank crisis may last until 2013, here. FDIC: ‘problem banks’ up 21% in Q1, here.  6,000 new bankruptcy filings/day from job losses, medical bills, here. Unemployment hits 9.4% here if you use the government’s measure U3; if you use U6 (includes part-time workers), it’s 16.4% here. [...] [...] UPDATES. What can be done if the same banks that caused this crisis continue to control Congress? here. abcNews thinks the recession is over, here, but S&P thinks the bank crisis may last until 2013, here. FDIC: ‘problem banks’ up 21% in Q1, here.  6,000 new bankruptcy filings/day from job losses, medical bills, here. Unemployment hits 9.4% here if you use the government’s measure U3; if you use U6 (includes part-time workers), it’s 16.4% here. [...]

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