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  • People Not In Labor Force Soar By 522,000

    From zerohedge.com

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    it is just getting sad now. In April the number of people not in the labor force rose by a whopping 522,000 from 87,897,000 to 88,419,000. This is the highest on record. The flip side, and the reason why the unemployment dropped to 8.1% is that the labor force participation rate just dipped to a new 30 year low of 64.3%. Labor force participation Rate:

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    • May 4, 2012 8:50am
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    • Average hourly icome data by USD is also very week after 13 months.... wath is man
    • May 4, 2012 9:05am
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    • noob_ss

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    • people in desperation are getting jobs for less and less money...
    • May 4, 2012 11:29am
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    • How do people working 3 jobs factor into these numbers? Are they counted 3 times or 1? Is this number derived from jobs held or from people? Someone educate us...
    • May 4, 2012 11:42am
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    • to how eur / usd will go down?
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  • Posted: May 4, 2012 8:48am

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