Unemployment 4.2%

[Charles Brown]

Don't U.S. unemployment stats fail to take account of people who have exhausted  unemployment benefits ?

CB


>>> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> 06/17/99 03:20PM >>>
Chris Burford wrote:


>Today the UK government announces the lowest unemployment figures since
>1980. Should we be pleased? Or worried?

The UK employment figures are a joke, no? Didn't Thatcher change the
definition something like 30 times to make them look lower? They're based
on benefit registrations and not a household survey, right?

Doug