435,000 - 22000 = 413000 .... The unemployment was already above 400000 in june! this is why I dont trust numbers in the media ... mistakes are made even with simplest numbers!!!

By eva | August 18, 2011 11:16 AM

What a creative math !!! 435-22= under 400 ? Again seasonally adjusted on 5-10% ?

By MM | August 18, 2011 2:07 PM

Funny...No one from reporter to editor cares about the quality of information. It is a global problem as far as media is concerned.

By Sathyamoorthy | August 19, 2011 2:11 AM

Just enroll all the unemployed to a geriatric medical school (see the news) so two problems will be solved at once!

By joanna | August 19, 2011 8:33 AM

now the question is: was this mistake only a math joke, or you (governments?) are just lying about everything everyday.

By Roy | August 19, 2011 9:35 AM

They are also counting people up to 65 years of age, thus not interesting for the labour market, as well as people with many years of drug & alcohol related problems and partially disabled. There are far too few qualified people to work out the real percentage. The largest blunders & money wasters are civil servants, banks & oil exploration companies, not the unemployed...

By The visitor | August 19, 2011 5:17 PM