Posted by
Defend America on Monday, November 23, 2009 1:09:09 PM
The 'Real' Jobless Rate: 17.5% Of Workers Are Unemployed
As
experts debate the potential speed of the US recovery, one figure looms
large but is often overlooked: nearly 1 in 5 Americans is either out of
work or under-employed.
According
to the government's broadest measure of unemployment, some 17.5 percent
are either without a job entirely or underemployed. The so-called U-6
number is at the highest rate since becoming an official labor
statistic in 1994.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/34040009