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To: PapaBear3625

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the headline unemployment rate. They also report a few flavors of Labor participation data, including the Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate. That rate is basically what you are talking about, and the number aren’t pretty. If that rate isn’t exactly what you want, there are a dozen other variants.

The numbers are reported, generally pretty good, and mostly ignored by media and the public. Go to BLS.gov


21 posted on 02/05/2016 4:05:16 PM PST by NYFriend
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To: NYFriend
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the headline unemployment rate. They also report a few flavors of Labor participation data,

Thanks for the suggestion! Table here

More interesting parts:

Males, 25-54, has gone down from 1994 to 2014, 91.7% to 88.2. That's 11.8% of the "prime working age" male labor force that is not employed.

Of the "65 and older" set, labor force participation has gone up from 16.9% to 23.0, indicating that more men are having difficulty making ends meet on just retirement income (pension, 401K)

35 posted on 02/06/2016 6:57:10 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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