>http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/money/us-jobless-rate-falls-to-6-year-low-of-59-pct/ar-BB7eEdY
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>Ah, yes. when you go off of unemployment and onto welfare or disability, you are not longer unemployed. And this is good news?

I don't have a cite for this (haven't looked), but I'm pretty sure I heard that September was the first month in a long time where the number of new jobs was larger than the number of people leaving the job market.

Tamar