tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post110208989903715069..comments2023-10-29T10:54:58.681-04:00Comments on Vox Baby: The Employment Situation: NovemberAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1102127572212425072004-12-03T21:32:00.000-05:002004-12-03T21:32:00.000-05:00" In general, the establishment survey is to be pr..." In general, the establishment survey is to be preferred for the purpose of counting the change in the number of jobs, because that number is estimated more precisely in the establishment survey "<br /><br />hmmm I always thought the establishment survey was better than the establishment survey... Guess I wuz wrong, the establishment survey is better after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1102107458207635382004-12-03T15:57:00.000-05:002004-12-03T15:57:00.000-05:00Turning to the household survey, the top line numb...<I>Turning to the household survey, the top line number is the unemployment rate. It fell by 0.1 percentage point in November, down to 5.4 percent of the workforce. However, this is rounding error again, since the change was really from 5.46 (rounded up to 5.5 in October) to 5.41 in November. </I>Not to mention that the margin for error for the unemployment rate is +/- 0.2%, so the change is wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com