Unemployment

And related economic issues. The BLS is reporting 7.3% unemployment which would be a continuation of their reported decline in unemployment.

Meantime, via Hot Air:

The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms surged in August to their highest in half a year, with industrial goods manufacturers the hardest hit, a report on Thursday showed.
Employers announced 50,462 layoffs last month, up 33.8 percent from 37,701 in July, according to the report from consultants Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
The August job cuts were up 57 percent from the same time a year ago. For 2013 so far, employers have announced 347,095 job losses, close to the 352,185 that were seen in the first eight months of last year.

And via Gallup,

	% Payroll to population	% Underemployed	% Unemployed
09/7/2013	43.9%	17.2%	8.4%
09/6/2013	43.8%	17.1%	8.4%
09/5/2013	44.0%	17.1%	8.4%
09/4/2013	43.9%	17.1%	8.4%
09/3/2013	43.8%	17.2%	8.5%
09/2/2013	43.7%	17.3%	8.5%
09/1/2013	43.7%	17.4%	8.6%
08/31/2013	43.7%	17.4%	8.7%
08/30/2013	43.7%	17.5%	8.8%
08/29/2013	43.8%	17.5%	8.7%

So who 'ya gonna believe, the gummint, or your lyin' eyes?

Update: Mike Shedlock has the time and resources to pursue this in great detail. More here.