Unemployment, as defined by the International Labour Organization, occurs when people are without jobs and they have actively looked for work within the past four weeks.
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Australia’s economy is currently booming. Jobs and wages are setting records. GDP growth remains positive. Anthony Albanese’s Labor Government reduced net debt in its first 21 months by $20.5 billion. Inflation is down to 3.4%. Exports of manufactured...
by Alan Austin
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 03:36 AM PDT
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by Dylan Brody
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Welcome to DKos Asheville. This space appears each weekend to share links to news and opinion from Asheville and Western North Carolina. The floor is open for comment and discussion. Wishing all a good day from this beautiful part of the world. “Daily...
by randallt
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America’s employers delivered another outpouring of jobs in March, adding a sizzling 303,000 workers to their payrolls and bolstering hopes that the economy can vanquish inflation without succumbing to a recession in the face of high interest rates....
by Associated Press
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on Fri Apr 05, 2024 at 06:02 AM PDT
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UPDATE: Monday, Mar 4, 2024 · 4:59:53 PM +00:00 · Dem A statement " diagnosis at a distance is always fraught" is a claim that the authors of "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" dispute because the least reliable source of information is the in person...
by Dem
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on Mon Mar 04, 2024 at 08:06 AM PST
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So I haven’t been participating much, primarily because I have been under a great deal of stress as I don’t know where I’m going to land on this. For those who read my last post, you remember that I got fired from my job out of the blue 3 weeks ago...
by MargaretPOA
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on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 01:54 PM PST
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What did the FBI miss in Trump’s hidden room at Mar-a-Lago? It’s one thing to miss a closet when you’re searching a 126-room mansion, but it’s another story when it’s purposely locked. Jim Jordan’s using subpoenas to do Trump’s dirty work again The...
by Jen Hayden
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on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 01:54 PM PST
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There’s some good news for those of us who love sitting around in sweatpants all day, unshaven and unshowered, while still earning a steady income and contributing at least marginally to society. ...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 05:30 AM PST
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There's just nothing like a candidate who hopes to become America's next commander in chief rooting for calamity to beset the nation in order to seal his victory. And perhaps the only candidate sociopathic enough to state such a hope out loud is Donald...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Tue Jan 09, 2024 at 11:48 AM PST
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This is a rough attempt at partially explaining why people are so unhappy with Biden’s economy even though all the standard indicators are good or getting better. Assumptions are that people in general only care about their unhappiness, and that the...
by liberalismiscommonsense
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on Sun Jan 07, 2024 at 09:04 AM PST
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Reposted from My Substack When they came into office, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all faced economic recessions. The economy was in a slump, jobs were being lost, and things were headed into a downward spiral. Clinton turned this...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Fri Dec 29, 2023 at 09:00 AM PST
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Today is, as we all know, December 20. On December 12, eight days ago, President Biden harshly criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israel for their indiscriminate bombing of Gaza. From the beginning, early on in President Biden's speeches ,...
by Dem
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on Wed Dec 20, 2023 at 08:19 AM PST
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Today was an UNBELIEVABLY great day of economic news for our nation: - The Dow hit its ALL-TIME high. Like the highest. Ever. In the history of stocks. - Retail sales beat expectations (which brings a lot of economic Holiday cheer) - The Fed indicated...
by TheMFer
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on Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 05:01 PM PST
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As inflation continues to ebb and we begin to see truly gaudy economic numbers (a 3.7% unemployment rate, an almost unheard of 5.2% GDP growth rate, and a surging stock market!), President Joe Biden has a great story to tell. Trump also has a story to...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 01:25 PM PST
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene piped up with more Republican thoughts Monday, and if you know anything about Greene, you already know it's going to be bad.
This time, the notorious Georgia ...
by Hunter
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on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 03:00 PM PST
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GDP growth is way up: +4.9% in the 3rd quarter. The unemployment rate has stayed low — under 4% — since the beginning of last year. Meanwhile, inflation is down below 3% over the last two quarters: 2.5% in the 2nd quarter, and 2.9% in the 3rd quarter...
by this is only a test
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on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 06:10 PM PDT
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I don’t want to let the day go by without highlighting an important news item. The US economy is the strongest in the world. As reported this morning, GDP grew by 4.9% last quarter, the strongest growth in the developed world. There is inflation, but...
by oc hope
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on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 08:19 PM PDT
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Ruben Bolling will be at the New York Comic Con on Sunday, October 15, only at specific times and places, signing and drawing in books. High fives given, belly laughs shared, babies kissed, lifelong ...
by RubenBolling
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on Thu Oct 12, 2023 at 04:50 AM PDT
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This is the first in a series of comparing the change in unemployment rate by county in the battleground states with the 2020 presidential election results of that state. Trump loves to claim he had the best economy in recorded history when he was just...
by StormcrowNC
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