The Employment Situation: February 2009: Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States

Original publisher: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. LC Number: KF25 .E2 2009y OCLC Number: (OCoLC)652681698 Subject: Unemployment -- United States. ... Show synopsis Original publisher: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. LC Number: KF25 .E2 2009y OCLC Number: (OCoLC)652681698 Subject: Unemployment -- United States. Excerpt: ... 11 around zero, and I would say point four is not statistically signifi-cant. Representative Snyder. I notice oil and gas extraction has it up by point four. This is in thousands, correct? So you're talking about 400 people - - Commissioner Hall. Yes. Representative Snyder [ continuing ]. Over a national survey. Commissioner Hall. Right. Exactly. Representative Snyder. So although it still is wintertime - you know, wintertime is not exactly the best logging time in a lot of parts of the country, but oil and gas extraction, I assume that's in parts of the country, including Arkansas, with a lot of natural gas drilling going on? Is that your impression? Commissioner Hall. Yes. Representative Snyder. Down at the bottom, again near the bottom, Nondurable goods, Petroleum and coal products? I assume, is that related to natural gas, or more coal? Commissioner Hall. Um, I'm not sure if it is related to natural gas, but - - Representative Snyder. Petroleum and coal? Commissioner Hall [ continuing ]. Yes, energy products. Representative Snyder. Then on the next page in the Retail Trade, Electronics and Appliance Stores, the numbers are up by 1800. What segments of the electronics and appliance stores are putting on help? Commissioner Hall. I don't know. We can follow up a little on that, but I will say that 1.8 thousand is not a significant change. So it's not significantly different from zero. Representative Snyder. Well, I'll skip down then to, do you consider the Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries up by 6.5, that's 6500 people? How do we account for that? Commissioner Hall. That one jumps around a bit. If you sort of look at the month-to-month change, that one actually has been jumping around a little bit. Representative Snyder. My time is about out, but I wanted to ask, going over to Education an... Hide synopsis