The Obama administration has tried to spin any drop in new unemployment claims as a sign of a long-term trend and has tried to take credit for the improvement. Uncommon Misconceptions (h/t Hot Air) shows that the there has been no improvement in the past six months. The numbers just keep oscillating around the same average with the overall trend getting slightly worse.
The numbers are of course lower than they were in midst of the recession, but, contrary to what the administration claims, they are not getting better.
…for the past 5 1/2 months, every time the administration has told us that the unemployment situation is slowly recovering, and that the data show “the right trend,” they have been absolutely mistaken.
The media has been doing their typical baby duck analysis: every day is a brand new day, every unemployment claims report is the first one they’ve ever seen. So we get headlines like, “job situation improving” when the number of claims drops, and “unexpected increase” when the number rises.
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