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When will unemployment rate go down?

Application for unemployment benefits

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Daryl Reece - Oct 15, 2009

Economist talking about unemployment always drive me crazy because they cast a reduction in the slope of the job loss as some sort of victory, but the real indicator of the labor market is when (jobs created) > (jobs lost). The new applications for unemployment are an indication of (jobs lost). How about the economist measure the (jobs created) also?