[wolfcreek]

Unemployment Rate
Percentage of employable people actively seeking work, out of the total number of employable people; determined in a monthly survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (website: www.bls.gov).
An unemployment rate of about 4% - 6% is considered “healthy”. Lower rates are seen as inflationary due to the upward pressure on salaries; higher rates threaten a decrease in consumer spending.

There, make you feel better? There are those who feel the procedure for calculating the UER is skewed.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Percentage of employable people actively seeking work, out of the total number of employable people; determined in a monthly survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

You'll notice it says survey not "those collecting unemployment".

There, make you feel better?

I'm always happy when I can help someone learn something new.