he was a democrat rat and price chair with you at the fed, but mr. zandy has been bipartisan. let me quote from them. they talk about aggressive fiscal and monetary policies that not only averted a great depression but result in the beginnings of a recovery. when we divide these effects into the two components, including the fed's quantitative easement, we have to estimate the latter was substantially more powerful than the former. this assessment of how we did better says that monetary policy and things within the jurisdiction of the fed were more important than the stimulus. this effort to denigrate the role you can play in that seems to me to be greatly mistaken. look to page 17 of your report. there is a chart on the bottom, and net change in private payroll employment, 2005 to 2012. what it shows is and it measures monthly job loss. the lowest point, the worst monthly job loss comes in early 2009, in other words, just after the change in administrations. then beginning in february or march of 2009, you get one of the steepest rises you have ever seen. you get a substantia

caller: i have a question for mr. zandi. i would like to know where they get the figures for unemployment. they say they get them from the labor department. where does the labor department get these figures? does the obama administration have anything to do with the numbers that are given to the labor department? it seems like the last time we had a fight between the congress or passing a bill between the present and the congress and of the plan was not funded for a while, it seemed like when they came back, the unemployment number was totally changed. so many people were just dropped off of the unemployment number. can you explain to me how that is done and why? thank you a lot. guest: thank you for the very good question. onll try not to get too geeky you. there is a survey from an independent government agency that is run every month. they interviewed 60,000 households across the country. they ask these households a wide range of questions to try to determine -- are they working? if they are not working, why? are they loo

zandi. with local ministers are responsible for delivering these >> questions to the prime minister pierre rode -- to the prime minister. i hope you'll permit me before answering questions, mr. speaker, to make the following announcement. yesterday, a warrior armored fighting vehicle on patrol near the eastern border of helmand province was struck by an explosion. it is with very great sadness i must tell the hoe that six ldiers are missing, believed killed. by the soldiers are from the server tied to yorkshire regiment and once from the first battalion the duke of lancaster's regiment. our thoughts are with their family and fends of these brave servicemen. this would be the largest loss of life in a single incident in afghanistansince 2006. it takes the overall number of casualties we've suffered in afghanistan to over 400. every injury reminds us of the human cost paid by our armed forces to keep our country safe. i have spoken this point to the chief of defense staff, chief of general staff and the commanding officer of third battalion the yorkshire regiment. they expressed the commitment of our troops to the mission of getting the job done. i know everyone will want a m