From mid-1987 until the Great Recession, the employment-to-population ratio of 25- to 54-year-olds usually ranged from 78.5% to 80%. It never fell below 78.2% even during the 1990-91 and 2001 slumps. But now, three years after the recession ended in … Continue reading (IBD) Core 25-54 Employment Ratio Shows Labor Market Worse than Jobless Rate Suggests