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Why is Gallup’s unemployment number so high?

By Conn Carroll

Published March 9, 2012 5:00am ET

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Why is Gallup’s unemployment number so high? — Earlier this week Gallup reported that their unemployment rate had risen to 9.1 percent and predicted that the government’s unemployment rate would rise to 8.6 percent. That didn’t happen. Today, the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) reported that the U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs and unemployment was steady at 8.3 percent. […]

Earlier this week Gallup reported that their unemployment rate had risen to 9.1 percent and predicted that the government’s unemployment rate would rise to 8.6 percent. That didn’t happen. Today, the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) reported that the U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs and unemployment was steady at 8.3 percent.

Why the huge difference between the two numbers?

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