unemployment statistics
Labor market numbers
Unemployment statistics are data measuring the portion of a labor force without work but actively seeking it.
Governments collect and publish these figures, typically as a percentage rate.
The numbers drive economic policy and shape political narratives: The administration touted falling unemployment statistics.
Economists debate what the headline rate captures—it excludes discouraged workers who've stopped looking and those underemployed in part-time jobs.
- monthly reportRecurring written status summary
- poverty rateMeasure of population lacking resources
- inflation rateSpeed of rising costs
- economic indicatorStatistic measuring market health
- out of workWithout paid employment
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Measures of workforce participation
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