US unemployment increases in mid-Febuary according to Gallup

[Politico]

Gallup's "underemployment" figure is probably the best guide to an idea of what the labor market is really looking like right now. Of course, it would be nice to get reliable data on the number of people who would like to work, but have become discouraged and dropped out of trying to find a job.

[Politico]

Gallup's "underemployment" figure is probably the best guide to an idea of what the labor market is really looking like right now. Of course, it would be nice to get reliable data on the number of people who would like to work, but have become discouraged and dropped out of trying to find a job.

I am disappointed in you. I expected explicit vilification of Obama in this post when I saw your name next to the thread.

When I post in forums other than the 2012 one, I lay off the Romney dope for the most part.

[Politico]

Strange, giving unemployment benefits dropped to it's lowest levels since 2008.

Surely, growing numbers of people are no longer eligible for them regardless of their inability to find jobs?

Yeah, I think the maximum amount of weeks in any state is 99, almost two years (with some states having as few as 26-46 weeks). The recession started in December 2007, so obviously a lot of people have run out of benefits...