Is this a bogus chart?

[Mr.Fitnah]

from

Chart of the Day : Rolling Stone : National Affairs Daily

haven't been able to find it on the site

 

[rightwinger]

from

Chart of the Day : Rolling Stone : National Affairs Daily

haven't been able to find it on the site

It is accurate. USA Today shows it every week.

 

[ItHappens]

Less is the new more!

 

[Baruch Menachem]

What the heck is it a chart of?

 

[rightwinger]

What the heck is it a chart of?

Jobs lost since Jan 2007

 

[Baruch Menachem]

What is the Y axis? The rate of acceleration?

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

from

Chart of the Day : Rolling Stone : National Affairs Daily

haven't been able to find it on the site

It is accurate. USA Today shows it every week.

Link

 

[xsited1]

Is this a bogus chart?

It's probably accurate, but since Congress controls spending it's of no value to put "Bush" and "Obama" on the chart.

 

[Hellokitty]

Is this a bogus chart?

It's probably accurate, but since Congress controls spending it's of no value to put "Bush" and "Obama" on the chart.

It should read "Bush" and "Bush" considering Obama is still blaming Bush...

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

Rollingstone attributes the chart to BLS
Not USA Today.

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

Is this a bogus chart?

It's probably accurate, but since Congress controls spending it's of no value to put "Bush" and "Obama" on the chart.

It should read "Bush" and "Bush" considering Obama is still blaming Bush...

Yup.If there is a recovery it will be Bushs recovery.

 

[rightwinger]

This chart can't be correct.

Republicans are supposed to make jobs not lose them. Must be some left wing propaganda.

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

Heres another chart.

 

[pinqy]

What the heck is it a chart of?

The monthly number of non-farm payroll jobs lost (seasonally adjusted) since Nov 2007. From Nov 07 to Dec 07, the number of non-farm payroll jobs went from 137,881,000 to 137,951,000. Since then, as the chart shows, it's declined every month except Oct-Nov 09 to its current level (preliminary numbers for Jan 2010) of 129,527,000. So things are still going bad, but at a slower rate than at its worst. It's like going down a hill...we're still going down, just not as fast as we had been. So either it's good or bad, depending on what spin you want to take on it.

 

[rightwinger]

Heres another chart.

Yes ...another relevant chart.
It shows an unemployment rate soaring starting in Jan 2008 and finally starting to reverse itself

The gray areas show an economic recession

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

This will bear watching.

 

[namvet]

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[saveliberty]

As close a graph as I could find at the bureau of labor statistics site:

Notice: Data not available: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

No graph labeled America on path to economic recovery.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

As close a graph as I could find at the bureau of labor statistics site:

Notice: Data not available: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

No graph labeled America on path to economic recovery.

The numbers are from BLS. The graph was made by Rolling Stone.

 

[saveliberty]

As close a graph as I could find at the bureau of labor statistics site:

Notice: Data not available: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

No graph labeled America on path to economic recovery.

The numbers are from BLS. The graph was made by Rolling Stone.

Probably better than one made by the Rolling Stones. Who knew Rolling Stone had a statistical department?