On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, Christian Gregory wrote:
> "This week, Japan announced that unemployment hit 5 percent, crossing
> an important psychological threshold and a high not seen here in over
> half a century.
>
> "Real unemployment is believed to be around 8.5 percent, as government
> statisticians do not count people who give up looking for work or part
> time workers, like homemakers, who lose their jobs."
But I thought we don't count those people as unemployed either. Do we?
Michael
__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com