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Originally Posted by dellinger63
Wednesday morning on the CBS Early Show, Vice President Joe Biden asked, "But what I don't understand from Governor Jindal is what would he do? In Louisiana, there's 400 people a day losing their jobs. What's he doing?"
"In December, Louisiana was the only state in the nation besides the District of Columbia, according to the national press release, that added employment over the month," said Patty Granier with the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
"The state gained 3,700 jobs for the seasonally adjusted employment," Granier said of the most recent figures.
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I used to do the unemployment statistics. They are completely separate from the current employment statistics. So it is quite common for a state to be both gaining employment in the CES and unemployment in the same month.
The unemployment statistics are also based on place of residence while the CES is based on place of employment which can further muddle the picture.