"However, the ONS insists the latest statistics show a fall in the unemployment rate because shut up MGT"

( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 12:09, archived)

yeah probably that

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 12:18, archived)

you know that article explains why it has fallen even though it's 7.2% this month compared to 7.1% last month?

( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 12:42, archived)

it doesn't explain it,
it dismisses it.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 12:58, archived)

This time last month, we made a big fuss about the rate of unemployment falling to 7.1%. This month we're saying it's fallen again, but now it's 7.2%. How does that work?

The unemployment rate compares a three-month period to the previous three months. That is to avoid giving too much prominence to a single month's figures. So, the rate has fallen to 7.2% in the three months from October to December, from 7.6% for the previous three months.

Comparing the 7.2% with the 7.1% would be relying too much on a single month's figures. The ONS says what we can read into this apparent anomaly is that the pace at which unemployment is falling has probably slowed.
( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 13:09, archived)

Yes I read what it SAYS,
but what it SAYS is not an explanation. It is BULLSHIT.

Anyway check this:
www.newssniffer.co.uk/articles/742089/diff/2/3

When I read it, and when I posted about it, that explanation wasn't there.

They have also removed the link to last month's 7.1% article from the front page.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 13:12, archived)

surely the main complaint here should be that the bbc are reporting on unemployment figures too frequently
unemployment has fallen, but a true reflection of how much it has fallen can only be given once a quarter
( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 13:18, archived)

you might be right,
they are too keen to publish the good news about how our glorious leaders have secured our economic recovery.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 13:29, archived)

inflation below 2%, unemployment levels falling, crime down
what are you complaining about? they're doing a great job
( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 13:39, archived)

haha

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 14:02, archived)

that's more like it, cheer up mgt, things can only get better
you need to laugh every once in a while
( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 14:06, archived)

Well they've screwed 95% country of over in the cause of hanging on to our oh-so-precious AAA credit rating,
and they haven't even managed that.
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Wed 19 Feb 2014, 13:51, archived)

Exactly, who gives a fuck about the least employable 7% of the country, they can all fuck off the lazy bastards

( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 13:29, archived)