I know that to count as unemployed you have to have sought work in the last 4 weeks. Thing is, when I was unemployed, I wasn’t qualified for unemployment benefits and I wasn’t telling anybody about my applications besides the people I was applying to. I doubt the dollar store is filing every application with the government. Now I get by on freelance work; how does the government know I’m employed? Is there some website I’m supposed to go to and check a box?
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Much like counting inflation, the results are skewed by neglecting certain demographics etc. They recently changed how/when the report inflation just do it looks better on paper. It’s kind of akin to mean vs average. You can get wildly different results. It can be accurate, but is likely not.
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