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Re:Never Have I Seen So Much Fake Unemployment and Jobs Data... by jjeaff on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @02:00AM (#23767295)
Does the data account for reduced hours workers. Because many people receiving the federal unemployment subsidy of $600/month are only working less hours, but are still employed. The same goes for all the gig workers making less right now but still technically working.

So unless that data is broken out, it seems plausible that the dol number includes employed and reduced hour workers where as the bls survey is just asking if you have "some" employment or not.

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