[lbo-talk] unepmployment numbers

[bradhatch]

I have question for the economists on the list. According to my local
newspaper there are 2 unemployment surveys used, one surveys businesses to
payrolls the other is a household survey asking families if they have an
unemployed member. If I'm not mistaken, the employer survey is the one thats
taken seriously and used by the department of labor. But recently the other
is being used by republicancs because it gives them better employment
numbers. They say that this is the accurate count because residential
surveyes also count the number of people not looking for work because they
have started their own bussinesses. Which survey is most accurate and why?