return2ozma@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhen they tell you the economy is booming, always ask them whose...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square212fedilinkarrow-up11.35K
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minus-squarelolcatniplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI’d say unemployment is a semi-useless metric: if it’s high, things are definitely bad, but if it’s low, things aren’t necessarily good.
minus-squareMalfeasant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThis- you can’t claim unemployment when you lost one job but still have another, if you need both to get by you’re just fucked.
I’d say unemployment is a semi-useless metric: if it’s high, things are definitely bad, but if it’s low, things aren’t necessarily good.
This- you can’t claim unemployment when you lost one job but still have another, if you need both to get by you’re just fucked.