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White House Juices the Job Count <\/a>
The White House will now count all jobs funded by stimulus money, not just those that were created or saved. The job market is still hemorrhaging and the administration might be looking to do a little inflation. Or it might honestly be trying to simplify a confusing and highly criticized formula for counting jobs. ProPublica: Part of the problem is that there\u2019s no accepted standard for counting jobs, said Mary Foelster of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. \u201cIt\u2019s not so much calculating jobs; it\u2019s trying to have evidence that a job was retained,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat is the client going to point to to say, \u2018I was going to lay someone off, but now I\u2019m not?\u2019 \u201d Read more<\/p>\n

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The White House will now count all jobs funded by stimulus money, not just those that were created or saved. The job market is still hemorrhaging and the administration might be looking to do a little inflation. Or it might honestly be trying to simplify a confusing and highly criticized formula for counting jobs.<\/p>\n

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Part of the problem is that there\u2019s no accepted standard for counting jobs, said Mary Foelster of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not so much calculating jobs; it\u2019s trying to have evidence that a job was retained,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat is the client going to point to to say, \u2018I was going to lay someone off, but now I\u2019m not?\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

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