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If you read the report today you learned that unemployment is 10.2 percent for September.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIf you read Table 12 in the Bureau of Labor Statistics report you learned the real unemployment rate is 17.5 percent, not 10.2 percent.\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003eYou would also have noticed the \u003cb\u003ereal rate of unemployment is 17.5 percent versus 11.1 percent in September 2008.\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eReal Unemployment U-6 -- 17.5%\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere are other groups of unemployed that are not counted in the more popular employment report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics U-6 report includes the unemployed, and those that have thrown in the towel.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe U-6 report includes:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eTotal unemployed\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eplus all marginally attached workers\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eplus total employed part time for economic reasons\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003eIn other words, \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003emarginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work, but indicate that \u003cb\u003ethey want and are available for a job, and have looked for work sometime in the recent past\u003c/b\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscouraged workers\u003c/b\u003e, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not looking currently for a job.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003eThe U-6 report counts everyone that is unemployed--officially and unofficially.\u003cbr /\u003eHere are some other statistics that you might find disconcerting.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAbout \u003cb\u003e2.4 million persons were marginally attached\u003c/b\u003e to the labor force in October, \u003cbr /\u003ereflecting an increase of 736,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not sea-\u003cbr /\u003esonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and \u003cbr /\u003ewere available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. \u003cbr /\u003eThey were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in \u003cbr /\u003ethe 4 weeks preceding the survey.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAmong the marginally attached, \u003cb\u003ethere were 808,000 discouraged workers in October, \u003cbr /\u003eup from 484,000 a year earlier.\u003c/b\u003e (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Dis-\u003cbr /\u003ecouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe \u003cbr /\u003eno jobs are available for them. The other 1.6 million persons marginally attached \u003cbr /\u003eto the labor force in October had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding \u003cbr /\u003ethe survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm \u003cbr /\u003epayrolls was unchanged at 33.0 hours in October. The \u003cb\u003emanufacturing workweek \u003c/b\u003erose \u003cbr /\u003eby 0.1 hour to 40.0 hours, and factory overtime increased by 0.2 hour over the \u003cbr /\u003emonth.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was \u003cbr /\u003elittle changed over the month at 5.6 million. In October, 35.6 percent of \u003cbr /\u003eunemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more.\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe civilian labor force participation rate was little changed over the month \u003cbr /\u003eat 65.1 percent. The employment-population ratio continued to decline in \u003cbr /\u003eOctober, falling to 58.5 percent.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003eTo view this report and the numbers \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ego here\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAll of the statistics in this article were sourced from the Department of Labor--\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.bls.gov/\"\u003eBureau of Labor Statistics. \u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri\u003dAllAmericanInvestor\u0026amp;loc\u003den_US\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubscribe to All American Investor via Email\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie\u003dUTF8\u0026amp;tag\u003drtdblog-20\u0026amp;linkCode\u003das2\u0026amp;camp\u003d1789\u0026amp;creative\u003d9325\u0026amp;creativeASIN\u003dB00154JDAI\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41bYgwfum2L._SL160_.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie\u003dUTF8\u0026amp;tag\u003dallamericaninvestor-20\u0026amp;linkCode\u003das2\u0026amp;camp\u003d1789\u0026amp;creative\u003d9325\u0026amp;creativeASIN\u003dB00154JDAI\"\u003eKindle 2: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device\u003c/a\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"\" border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"1\" src\u003d\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t\u003dallamericaninvestor-20\u0026amp;l\u003das2\u0026amp;o\u003d1\u0026amp;a\u003dB00154JDAI\" style\u003d\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width\u003d\"1\" /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOriginal content by Bob DeMarco, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com\"\u003eAll American Investor\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7676161-3142212097686908706?l\u003defhutton.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7676161/posts/default/3142212097686908706"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7676161/posts/default/3142212097686908706"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://efhutton.blogspot.com/2009/11/real-unemployment-leaps-to-175-percent.html","title":"Real Unemployment Leaps to 17.5 Percent (Explanation)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Bob DeMarco"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916"},"email":{"$t":"rtdemarco@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"02937219926706406775"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676161.post-5120281466597592431"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-15T10:18:00.002-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-15T10:18:59.793-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"real"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"earnings"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"average"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Real Average Weekly Earnings Fall"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Real average hourly earnings fell 0.1 percent from August to September, seasonally adjusted, the Bureauof Labor Statistics reported today.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis decline stemmed from the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), up by 0.2 percent, outpacing 0.1 percent growth in average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cb\u003eReal average weekly earnings fell 0.4 percent over the month, as a result of the decrease in real average hourly earnings and a 0.3 percent decrease in the average work week. Since reaching a recent high point in December 2008, real average weekly earnings have fallen by 1.9 percent.\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri\u003dEfHutton\u0026amp;loc\u003den_US\"\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-style-span\"  style\u003d\"font-size:large;\"\u003eSubscribe to EF Hutton via Email\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://twitter.com/efhuttonblog\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollow E F Hutton on Twitter\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie\u003dUTF8\u0026amp;tag\u003defhutton-20\"\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003eKindle: Amazon's 6\" \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie\u003dUTF8\u0026amp;tag\u003defhutton-20\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Wfzh%2BZq%2BL._SL110_.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie\u003dUTF8\u0026amp;tag\u003defhutton-20\"\u003eWireless Reading Device \u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7676161-5120281466597592431?l\u003defhutton.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7676161/posts/default/5120281466597592431"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7676161/posts/default/5120281466597592431"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://efhutton.blogspot.com/2009/10/real-average-weekly-earnings-fall.html","title":"Real Average Weekly Earnings Fall"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Bob DeMarco"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916"},"email":{"$t":"rtdemarco@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"02937219926706406775"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676161.post-3145278432407737505"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-02T09:23:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-02T09:23:47.592-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"statistics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"unemployment"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"real"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Real Unemployment Jumps to 17.0 Percent in September (Details, Breakdown))"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Few people are familiar with the U-6 report that is issued by the United States Department of Labor-- Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The U-6 (\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm\"\u003eTable A-12\u003c/a\u003e: Alternative measures of labor under utilization) measures the real rate of unemployment in the United States.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMost news organizations report the more popular U.S. Department of Labor: Civilian Unemployment Rate. If you read the report today you learned that unemployment is 9.8 percent for September.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIf you read Table 12 in the Bureau of Labor Statistics report you learned the real unemployment rate is 17.0 percent, not 9.8 percent.\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003eYou would also have noticed the \u003cb\u003ereal rate of unemployment is 17.0 percent versus 10.6 percent in September 2008.\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTo view this report and the numbers \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm\"\u003ego here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eReal Unemployment U-6 -- 17.0%\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere are other groups of unemployed that are not counted in the more popular employment report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics U-6 report includes the unemployed, and those that have thrown in the towel.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe U-6 report includes:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eTotal unemployed\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eplus all marginally attached workers\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eplus total employed part time for economic reasons\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003eIn other words, \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003emarginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work, but indicate that \u003cb\u003ethey want and are available for a job, and have looked for work sometime in the recent past\u003c/b\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscouraged workers\u003c/b\u003e, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not looking currently for a job.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003eThe U-6 report counts everyone that is unemployed--officially and unofficially.\u003cbr /\u003eHere are some other statistics that you might find disconcerting.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAbout 2.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in September. 615,000 more than a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the past 12 months. \u003cb\u003eThey were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAmong the marginally attached, there were \u003cb\u003e706,000 discouraged workers in September\u003c/b\u003e, up by 239,000 from a year earlier.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn September, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.1 hour to 33.0 hours--\u003cb\u003ethe lowest level on record for the series, which began in 1964.\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by 450,000 to 5.4 million.\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn September, \u003cb\u003e35.6 Percent of unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more\u003c/b\u003e. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis morning the stock market reacted negatively to the unemployment report. If you are wondering why--all you need to do is look beyond the obvious.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis is what this website is all about.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThese numbers do not bode well for stocks and indicate at best, we are looking at slow growth in the months ahead.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAll of the statistics in this article were sourced from the Department of Labor--\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.bls.gov/\"\u003eBureau of Labor Statistics. \u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri\u003dAllAmericanInvestor\u0026amp;loc\u003den_US\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubscribe to All American Investor via Email\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie\u003dUTF8\u0026amp;tag\u003drtdblog-20\u0026amp;linkCode\u003das2\u0026amp;camp\u003d1789\u0026amp;creative\u003d9325\u0026amp;creativeASIN\u003dB00154JDAI\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41bYgwfum2L._SL160_.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie\u003dUTF8\u0026amp;tag\u003dallamericaninvestor-20\u0026amp;linkCode\u003das2\u0026amp;camp\u003d1789\u0026amp;creative\u003d9325\u0026amp;creativeASIN\u003dB00154JDAI\"\u003eKindle 2: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device\u003c/a\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"\" border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"1\" src\u003d\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t\u003dallamericaninvestor-20\u0026amp;l\u003das2\u0026amp;o\u003d1\u0026amp;a\u003dB00154JDAI\" style\u003d\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width\u003d\"1\" /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOriginal content by Bob DeMarco, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com\"\u003eAll American Investor\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7676161-3145278432407737505?l\u003defhutton.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7676161/posts/default/3145278432407737505"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7676161/posts/default/3145278432407737505"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://efhutton.blogspot.com/2009/10/real-unemployment-jumps-to-170-percent.html","title":"Real Unemployment Jumps to 17.0 Percent in September (Details, Breakdown))"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Bob DeMarco"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916"},"email":{"$t":"rtdemarco@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"02937219926706406775"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676161.post-1591324283322393337"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-07T09:31:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-07T09:32:51.930-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"statistics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"unemployment"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"real"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bureau"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"labor"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Real Unemployment 16.8 Percent (Not Seasonally Adjusted)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Among the marginally attached, there were 796,000 discouraged workers in July, up by 335,000 over the past 12 months. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDiscouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNot many people are aware of the U-6 report that is issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Most news organizations report the more popular Bureau of Labor Statistics--Civilian Unemployment Rate. If you read this report today then you learned that unemployment was 9.4 percent.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eReal Unemployment U-6 -- 16.8%\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere is another category of unemployed that are not counted in that report. They are described in the U-6 report this way,\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eMarginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached,have given a job-market related reason for not looking currently for a job.\u003c/blockquote\u003eThe U-6 report counts everyone that is unemployed. To view the report \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm\"\u003e go here.\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eU-6\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eTotal unemployed\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eplus all marginally attached workers\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eplus total employed part time for economic reasons\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eas a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe number reported today for this series is 16.8% . \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNot a very pretty picture if you fall in these categories.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie\u003dUTF8\u0026amp;tag\u003dkinarr-20\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Wfzh%2BZq%2BL._SL110_.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie\u003dUTF8\u0026amp;tag\u003dkinarr-20\"\u003e Kindle: Amazon's 6\" Wireless Reading Device \u003c/a\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7676161-1591324283322393337?l\u003defhutton.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7676161/posts/default/1591324283322393337"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7676161/posts/default/1591324283322393337"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://efhutton.blogspot.com/2009/08/real-unemployment-168-percent-not.html","title":"Real Unemployment 16.8 Percent (Not Seasonally Adjusted)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Bob DeMarco"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916"},"email":{"$t":"rtdemarco@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"02937219926706406775"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676161.post-45994604868303361"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-01T10:30:00.002-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-01T10:34:15.799-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"real"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"graph"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"national"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"INVESTMENT"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gross"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Defense"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Real National Defense Gross Investment (Graph)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Real National Defense Gross Investment, Quarterly, Billions of Chained 2000 Dollars, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFYI.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://allamericaninvestor.com\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; 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