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Re:Private sector lost 33k jobs, badly missing expectations ... by csallen on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @03:24PM (#44447808)
Ironically, you're proving the person you're responding to right: The problem is trying to get a holistic view by focusing on one metric in isolation.

You need to consider multiple metrics. Any one metric by itself is going to have holes.

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Re:Private sector lost 33k jobs, badly missing expectations ... by gopher_space on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @04:59PM (#44448756)
The old “number of dudes on a street corner” metric works perfectly fine by itself.

Folks at the bottom of the pile are perfect economic bellwethers.

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Re:Private sector lost 33k jobs, badly missing expectations ... by 9283409232 on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @06:05PM (#44449348)
You're right but this would require caring about the poorest in society which the US seems to have a problem with.
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