The U6 unemployment rate tabulates not only people without work who are seeking full-time employment but also counts “marginally attached workers and those working part-time for economic reasons.”<\/p>\n
Please take the time to study this graph of U-6 at the top<\/a> and look carefully at the other numbers. What do you see? Seasonally adjusted U-6 unemployment is now Those of you who are data hounds (like yours truly) will perhaps appreciate the table here<\/a>; there is much more material at the BLS website–KSH<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U6 unemployment rate tabulates not only people without work who are seeking full-time employment but also counts “marginally attached workers and those working part-time for economic reasons.” Please take the time to study this graph of U-6 at the…<\/span><\/p>\n
\nstill higher than it was in November of 2008, over 5 years ago. While there has been improvement from the worst levels of the great recession, it is hardly anywhere near what could be called healthy.<\/p>\n