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So the economy is recovering? Well the BBC reports that unemployment is down 24000. Then I read this at the end of the report.
“The ONS is 95% confident that the main unemployment figure is correct to plus or minus 85,000 people.”
I wonder if any reporter will include an explanation on what this means when they talk about the fall in unemployment.
It obviously goes over most journo’s head to try & explain really what the figures mean, so they just roll along with the Tory scum press releases. In doing so they deceive and patronise the people of this country.
What I would like to know from the ONS is the impact of sanctions on these figures, and the confidence limits on the figures. It should be more than +- 85,000, I think.
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