Thursday, March 11, 2010

Colo. job losses far steeper in '09, revised figures show

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14652182

And that's just Colorado.
Who has the real number of unemployed in this country kids?
The government's were off by a million in 2008.
Inquireing minds really want to know, because until "WE" do "WE" have no real idea of the scope of the real unemployment problem in this country.


Colorado employers last year shed nearly 17,000 more jobs than initially reported, according to revised employment counts released Wednesday.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported a loss of 89,375 non-farm jobs last year based on monthly surveys.

But when those counts were squared up against the unemployment-insurance tax reports that employers file each quarter, the loss turned out to be much larger — 106,300, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.



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