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On 11 Feb 2008 00:38:21 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:34:09 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>> Not too bad
>>
>> January 16 2008 - The unemployment rate remained at 5.3% - down 0.1%
>> over the quarter and down 0.1% on last year. 29.36 million people were
>> in work in the period September to November according to the labour
>> force survey (LFS). This is the highest on record, up by 175,000 on the
>> quarter, and up by 263,000 on the last year.
>
>More or less that demonstrates my point; at the same time, I know they
>play games with the numbers to make them look better than they really
>are, but that's about what I recalled hearing cited on PMQT a couple
>weeks ago. :-)
>
>Jim
It might if you can believe the "porkies" that all politicians are born
sprouting :)
Anyway I wasn't arguing (I think :)
Regards
Stephen
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