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Comment by Kon-Peki

> I hate to say it but I am not sure I believe the employment statistics are real, and am expecting those numbers to turn out to be false.

You should read up on how the data is assembled before thinking that it is false.

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

It's a big challenge and they don't try to hide it. You can definitely see how gig work can affect things. I think that we're going to need to figure out how to better measure unemployment now that gig work platforms exist and it's so easy to use them.

You can also see state by state information

https://www.bls.gov/charts/state-employment-and-unemployment...

Which shows California as having higher-than-average unemployment and one of the highest rates of growth.

parent Kon-Peki 2 years ago

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