Comments on: Sign of Our Times Part 7: Unemployment Rates Rising and Charlottesville Budget Problems http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/ Charlottesville News & Gossip, Served Fresh Daily Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:23:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: cVillain » Blog Archive » Recessions First Major Layoffs Hit Charlottesville: 17th Largest Employer Furloughs 300 Employees http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-118784 cVillain » Blog Archive » Recessions First Major Layoffs Hit Charlottesville: 17th Largest Employer Furloughs 300 Employees Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:37:05 +0000 http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-118784 [...] for everyone involved in this, but things will get worse.  We’ve been watching the labor market conditions and it looks like (doing very unofficial math) unemployment in the Charlottesville MSA could be [...] [...] for everyone involved in this, but things will get worse.  We’ve been watching the labor market conditions and it looks like (doing very unofficial math) unemployment in the Charlottesville MSA could be [...]

]]> By: cVillain » Blog Archive » Oh, Look at That, Charlottesville Just Found 18,000 $20 Bills In Its Old Jean Pockets http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-98948 cVillain » Blog Archive » Oh, Look at That, Charlottesville Just Found 18,000 $20 Bills In Its Old Jean Pockets Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:29:37 +0000 http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-98948 [...] million in unspent money. Given the hard economic times and the fact that Charlottesville faces a budget deficit in the near future, why would Charlottesville discover THREE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS?  I can imagine the [...] [...] million in unspent money. Given the hard economic times and the fact that Charlottesville faces a budget deficit in the near future, why would Charlottesville discover THREE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS?  I can imagine the [...]

]]> By: Floozy http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-95633 Floozy Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:23:02 +0000 http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-95633 Look!---------------------------> Google ad spelling mistake Look!—————————> Google ad spelling mistake

]]> By: shenanigans http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-95632 shenanigans Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:19:23 +0000 http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-95632 Pushover Pushover

]]> By: Thor http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-95628 Thor Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:06:44 +0000 http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-95628 i can change the prefix or not use it anymore if people don't like it. i can change the prefix or not use it anymore if people don’t like it.

]]> By: perma4 http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-95613 perma4 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:27:44 +0000 http://cvillain.com/2008/11/18/sign-of-our-times-part-7-unemployment-rates-rising-and-charlottesville-budget-problems/#comment-95613 Am I the only one sick of the "Sign of our times" prefix? Yes, I get it, we're in a recession. Ok, now that I got that out of my system. The thing I find most interesting about those numbers is that the number of employed folks went down by only 317, but the jump in the workforce went up by 1165. ie: Unemployment went up not because people lost jobs, but because no jobs were created/available for the expansion of the workforce. Am I the only one sick of the “Sign of our times” prefix? Yes, I get it, we’re in a recession.

Ok, now that I got that out of my system.

The thing I find most interesting about those numbers is that the number of employed folks went down by only 317, but the jump in the workforce went up by 1165.

ie: Unemployment went up not because people lost jobs, but because no jobs were created/available for the expansion of the workforce.

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