Let's focus on the real unemployment rate ; the u6

[EdwardBaiamonte]

The Gallup family have always been Republican CON$ervative Christians. That is simply a fact, so there is no way that it is a Left leaning organization. Gallup's survey says the UE rate is 7.5% and falling.

too stupid as usual!!! 7.5% is great for Barry!!!

"All of this misses a much bigger point. Blumenthal’s criticism of Gallup is directed at its poll of adults, and specifically for having white adults comprise roughly 71 percent of its poll rather than roughly 68 percent. But what is not mentioned is that whites make up a larger share of the electorate than 68 or even 71 percent.

Even in 2008, when Obama generated a 27 percent increase in the black vote, whites still accounted for 74 percent of all voters. This means that, when it comes to measuring the electoral relevance of Obama’s job approval rating, the Gallup poll is still “skewed” toward the Democrats. It just happens to be less “skewed” than other polls."

 

[longknife]

Well, what do you say to people here in Nevada where the reported rate is 11% and the REAL rate is closer to 16%?!?!

 

[pinqy]

It seems to be falling because fewer are looking for work

The Labor Force went up in September....456,000 fewer people were looking for work because 873,000 more people had work. Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

and because those who must work are now willing to settle for Barryjobs, i.e., part time jobs. 2/3's of those who got jobs reflected in the last BLS report got part time Barryjobs.

Except Full time workers increased and Part time workers decreased.
Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

Except Full time workers increased and Part time workers decreased.
Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

too stupid. Here's the exact quote fromthe BLS summary!!!

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes
referred to as involuntary part-time workers) rose from 8.0 million in August
to 8.6 million in September.

Also, let's not forget that 25% of the increase in September came from government jobs!!!

 

[iamwhatiseem]

No matter what method it is measured....7.8% is not even close. That would only be 2% below per-recession...not even close.

 

[pinqy]

Except Full time workers increased and Part time workers decreased.
Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

too stupid. Here's the exact quote fromthe BLS summary!!!

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes
referred to as involuntary part-time workers) rose from 8.0 million in August
to 8.6 million in September.

Your reading comprehension is not of the best. Yes, part time for economic reasons went up about 600,000. Again "for economic reasons" That's defined as people who are willing and able to work 35+ hrs/week but worked less than 35 hours because of slow business or inability to find full time work. TOTAL part time workers went from 27,757,000 to 27,731,000 which is a decrease of 26,000 And Full time workers went from 114,388,000 to 115,226,000 which is an increase of 838,000. You would have known all that if you had bothered to read my link.

So, you want to tell me how an increase of 838,000 full time workers and a decrease of 26,000 part time workers equals the majority of employment gain from part time????

Oh, and no the numbers for part time for economic reasons and part time for non economic reasons don't add up to total part time workers. That's an issue with incomplete data and how things are aggregated...we would expect them to add up exactly.

Also, let's not forget that 25% of the increase in September came from government jobs!!!

Ok, we'll switch to the Establishment survey, since that's the jobs info. Private sector non farm payroll increased 104,000, and Government employment increased 10,000 for a total of 114,000. Table B-1 Where did you learn math that 10,000/114,000=.25?

For Total Employment from the Household survey, that went up 873,000 Table A-1 And government workers went up 187,000 so you're close there since the reality is 21.4%.....But notice the discrepency between the Household number of 20,619,000 gov workers and the Establishment number of 22,001,000.
The Establishment survey is far more accurate (though of course those exclude CIA, DIA, NSA, and NGA)

You can't just take sound bites from the media. They don't always (or even often) know what they're talking about.