Comments on: Historical Unemployment Rates http://thinkinboutstuff.com/thinkinboutstuff/nfblog/2006/11/03/historical-unemployment-rates/ Just thinkin' 'bout stuff Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:13:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Morethoughts http://thinkinboutstuff.com/thinkinboutstuff/nfblog/2006/11/03/historical-unemployment-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-7577 Morethoughts Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:08:49 +0000 http://thinkinboutstuff.com/thinkinboutstuff/nfblog/2006/11/03/historical-unemployment-rates/#comment-7577 The hard thing to figure out is the lag between when policies are enacted and when they take effect and then when they have an effect. While the graph is interesting. It would be more interesting to have major spending bills passed vs unemployment. Ex...much of the stimulus money has not been spent, it will take years. The effect of paying for it will be felt for years after that, especially if interest rates go up. Hard to assign cause. The hard thing to figure out is the lag between when policies are enacted and when they take effect and then when they have an effect. While the graph is interesting. It would be more interesting to have major spending bills passed vs unemployment. Ex…much of the stimulus money has not been spent, it will take years. The effect of paying for it will be felt for years after that, especially if interest rates go up. Hard to assign cause.

]]> By: thinkinboutstuff http://thinkinboutstuff.com/thinkinboutstuff/nfblog/2006/11/03/historical-unemployment-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-7340 thinkinboutstuff Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:12:02 +0000 http://thinkinboutstuff.com/thinkinboutstuff/nfblog/2006/11/03/historical-unemployment-rates/#comment-7340 Hi Bob Dole :-) Thank you for catching that... cut/paste error when labeling the bars. Should be OK now. Thanks again... good catch. Hi Bob Dole :-)

Thank you for catching that… cut/paste error when labeling the bars. Should be OK now.

Thanks again… good catch.

]]> By: Bob Dole http://thinkinboutstuff.com/thinkinboutstuff/nfblog/2006/11/03/historical-unemployment-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-7339 Bob Dole Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:20:35 +0000 http://thinkinboutstuff.com/thinkinboutstuff/nfblog/2006/11/03/historical-unemployment-rates/#comment-7339 You have the House and Senate control backwards. The Republicans controlled the Senate for a few years in the 80's not the House. You have the House and Senate control backwards. The Republicans controlled the Senate for a few years in the 80’s not the House.

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