At 02:34 PM 3/6/2004 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
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>I didn't finish a thought, sorry all.
>
>> Something lower than the average unemployment between 66-69. The lowest
>> yearly unemployment rate under Clinton was
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>4.0%. (There was indeed a 1 month dip to 3.8%.) The average unemployment
>between '66 and '69 was <3.7%.
>
>So, compared to the '60s, the '90s did not have unusually low unemployment.
First, I think that some would argue that a phenomenon occuring only once
every 35 years might count as unusual.
Secondly, given that this phenomenon occurred during LBJ's "Guns *and*
Butter" expansion only highlights my point that the 1990's were unusual for
their unsustainable level of employment.
JDG
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