The official US Unemployment Percentage Rate.
The average number of weeks a job seeker is unemployed.
The percentage of people in the Civilian Labor Force who are working.
This statistic helps to keep track of workers who are 'discouraged' and no longer included in the official unemployment rate.
This statistic shows that there never really was any recovery after 2001, that the appearance of growth was ephemeral, all a bubble spun by the Fed and the Banks and the Bush Administration.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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