EdwardBaiamonte
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No, it stands for UNDERutilization.Poor, demented, Crazy Eddie. He still thinks the U-6 rate is the unemployment rate even though it includes employed people.The Cost of Unfilled JobsJust curious. How many employers have job vacancies they cannot fill because they can't find "qualified" people? I mean people who can read, write, and calculate at anywhere above a 5th grade level?
Bloomberg Business reported job openings rose 181,000 in December to 5.03 million, the most since January of 2001.
and...unemployment is 10.5% making Barry's summer of recover the worst recovery since the Great Depression.
Lets raise corporate taxes some more and invite in 20 millin more illegals???
dear, the u in U6 stands for unemployment. it is now 10.5%!!
See why we say a liberal will be stupid?
See why we say a CON$ervoFascist is a moron!
Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization
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
dear, all the u's stand for unemployment. See why we say a liberal will be slow?
U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force
2.8 2.4 2.1 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.2
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force
3.0 2.5 2.5 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)
6.3 5.3 5.5 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.3
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers
6.7 5.6 5.8 6.5 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7
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
7.5 6.4 6.6 7.3 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.4
U-6 Total unemployed,