Friday, April 5, 2013

True unemployment rate



Via Billy

It's higher than this.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization
[Percent]
Measure Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Mar.
2012
Feb.
2013
Mar.
2013
Mar.
2012
Nov.
2012
Dec.
2012
Jan.
2013
Feb.
2013
Mar.
2013
U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force
4.9 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force
4.8 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.1
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)
8.4 8.1 7.6 8.2 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.6
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers
8.9 8.6 8.1 8.7 8.3 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.1
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force
9.7 9.6 9.0 9.6 9.2 9.4 9.3 9.2 8.9
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force
14.8 14.9 13.9 14.5 14.4 14.4 14.4 14.3 13.8
NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

2 comments:

  1. This is the real rate of unemployed. I wish the government is seeing this number and when they see, they will quickly made some adjustment and solution to make this rate low.

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