http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/15925/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cnbc-panel-warns-drop-94-percent-unemployment-anomaly <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>A sharp drop in the unemployment rate from 9.8 percent to 9.4 percent "surprised" analysts on Jan. 7, but Mesirow Financial's chief economist Diane Swonk warned CNBC viewers that it was an 'anomaly.'</p> <br /> <p>The drop in unemployment rate confused some because in the same report the <a href="http://bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a> reported only 103,000 overall nonfarm payroll gains in December 2010.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cnbc-panel-warns-drop-94-percent-unemployment-anomaly" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Economy Labor agreed anomaly barron called CNBC december diane drop financial household mark percent post rate sharp story survey swonk unemployment Zandi Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:25:00 +0000 admin 27544 at http://archive2.mrc.org