that should piss TFG off … ketchup’s gone fly

Sick of winning yet?

What's it going to take for Americans to realize Republicans are consistently bad for the economy going back decades?

They are planning mass firings with the government shutdown so that should add to the numbers next month.

numbers from the regime?

Trump has fired people until he gets the right toady to report the numbers he wants.

Everything coming out of the government that Trump or his MAGATs have touched is completely suspect.

He seems to think these numbers are 100% honest and I'm thinking the opposite. tRUMP has his tiny hands in everything.

These numbers are real

They are actual counts reported by each state. The national numbers are determined simply by aggregating all the state numbers. Most states publish their claims numbers online. You can go to each state's website to find their numbers and aggregate them together yourself.

You can see the complete numbers including each state here:
https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf

Note: these numbers are reported by ETA, not BLS. Both are interdependent agencies within USDOL.

I'm certain Florida fudges its numbers and Rick Scott fucked up the system so bad that many people gave up trying to claim benefits.

This is one set of numbers that can't be fudged.

One perfectly legitimate reason for claims to be down is that fewer seasonal workers were hired for the summer season (which is almost certainly true due to the many negative impacts Trump inflicted on the economy). Now that we're at the end of that summer season, there are far fewer workers leaving their summer jobs, meaning there are far fewer people than normal filing unemployment claims.

A knee jerk reaction to say all the data is fake is stupid. There would be nothing to be gained really by faking these numbers. Not to mention, that if they were faking numbers, they'd make them look good. These numbers aren't particularly good. USDOL always publishes a 4-week moving average, because it's more representative of what's going on due to the volatility of the weekly numbers. The 4 week moving average has remained flat.

They don't count people who were already job hunting or people who have had to settle for part time or temp work.

One perfectly legitimate reason for initial claims to be down is that fewer seasonal workers were hired for the summer season (which is almost certainly true due to the many negative impacts Trump inflicted on the economy). Now that we're at the end of that summer season, there are far fewer workers leaving their summer jobs, meaning there are far fewer people than normal filing unemployment claims.

they are real

Less than half of workers are covered by the unemployment insurance system. In addition, unemployment insurance lasts only so long. Unemployment can last a lifetime.

https://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm

But your one statement is incorrect.

You say "Less than half of workers are covered by the unemployment insurance system.". That should say 'Less than half of unemployed workers at any point in time are receiving unemployment benefits'. About 95% of all workers are covered by the unemployment insurance system.

March is the most recent month for which covered employment is available.

March Covered employment = 154,523,800
March Total Employment = 163,412,000

Because we would be stupid to think these are real figures.

They are real

That's what the Admin said, so who can doubt it.

This isn't necessarially good news.

I have a hard time believing the money movers have allowed the Felon to influence a system that has worked this long without serious pushback. I suspect there will be a price to pay in the next 2 years. Both from the actual system and the confidence in our current system. Financial leaders should have stayed the course.

Trump’s underlings are useless liars, just like him.