The “Damned Lies” that Unemployment Tells

Federal Reserve Graph US unemployment rate 2008-2021, showing COVID pandemic and post-pandemic levelsThere are lies, damned lies, and statistics. –Mark Twain Do you ever see graphs like this one and wonder why the unemployment rate has almost completely normalized since the start of the COVID pandemic crash; and, yet, employers everywhere are griping that they cannot find enough help, and articles everywhere are reporting numerous supply shortages, […]

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