The Spin, 'New Jobless Claims Lowest of Bush Tenure'. <<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=530&e=1&u=/ap/20031231/a p_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy>>
"The Labor Department (news - web sites) reported Wednesday that new applications filed for unemployment insurance dropped by a seasonally adjusted 15,000 to 339,000 for the week ending Dec. 27." The reality: ETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance <<http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm>> Weekly Claims Report: "The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 516,501 in the week ending Dec. 27, an increase of 91,785 from the previous week. There were 620,929 initial claims in the comparable week in 2002." --- The New Math: +92k = -15k _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
