Depends: are you referring to the official US government numbers?
Because I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the people who have been in charge of that government for the majority of that time are about as reliable as a toddler on crack giving dietary advice.
Besides, starting decades BEFORE that, political strategists started fiddling with the numbers by not counting long term unemployed people who are no longer actively job seeking.
That’s a demographic that’s gonna be ESPECIALLY big in hopeless times like right now.
In conclusion, it’s as likely that REAL unemployment numbers are flat as it is that Donald Trump is going to win the polka dot jersey at the 2026 Tour de France.
There is zero reason to believe the unemployment numbers have been altered by political actors.
All non-government reporting matches the BLS figures. There is an ongoing correction in the tech labor market, healthcare is growing rapidly, hospitality is growing slowly, and manufacturing remains flat.
If you want be in your sads and just dream up some conspiracy, I can’t stop you. But, you should know it’s willfully stupid.
There is zero reason to believe the unemployment numbers have been altered by political actors.
Other than the FACT that "The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics does not define people as “unemployed” unless they are actively looking for work.“.
All non-government reporting matches the BLS figures
Because they’re reporting based on the same skewed criteria.
There is an ongoing correction massacre in the tech labor market
Fixed it for you.
healthcare profit is growing rapidly,
And again.
and manufacturing remains flat. historically low
And one more 'gain.
If you want be in your sads and just dream up some conspiracy, I can’t stop you
Gee, thanks! Likewise, I can’t stop you from pretending that everything is hunky dory and that mass layoffs is a “correction” rather than the deprivation of throngs of blameless workers, but someone should.
Unemployment has been flat for over two years straight.
Depends: are you referring to the official US government numbers?
Because I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the people who have been in charge of that government for the majority of that time are about as reliable as a toddler on crack giving dietary advice.
Besides, starting decades BEFORE that, political strategists started fiddling with the numbers by not counting long term unemployed people who are no longer actively job seeking.
That’s a demographic that’s gonna be ESPECIALLY big in hopeless times like right now.
In conclusion, it’s as likely that REAL unemployment numbers are flat as it is that Donald Trump is going to win the polka dot jersey at the 2026 Tour de France.
So, just vibes then?
There is zero reason to believe the unemployment numbers have been altered by political actors.
All non-government reporting matches the BLS figures. There is an ongoing correction in the tech labor market, healthcare is growing rapidly, hospitality is growing slowly, and manufacturing remains flat.
If you want be in your sads and just dream up some conspiracy, I can’t stop you. But, you should know it’s willfully stupid.
No, verified facts
Other than the FACT that "The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics does not define people as “unemployed” unless they are actively looking for work.“.
Because they’re reporting based on the same skewed criteria.
Fixed it for you.
And again.
And one more 'gain.
Gee, thanks! Likewise, I can’t stop you from pretending that everything is hunky dory and that mass layoffs is a “correction” rather than the deprivation of throngs of blameless workers, but someone should.
Right back at you.