Updated: Comparison of BLS Alternative National Unemployment Rates
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The most commonly reported unemployment rate—6.7 percent in December 2013—is defined as the number of people without jobs who are available to work and are actively seeking work in the four weeks preceding the survey as a percentage of the labor force (the sum of employed and unemployed persons in the economy). This official unemployment rate, which remains the primary measure of labor market performance, is not the most realistic representation of the current state of the economy for several reasons.
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تاریخ انتشار 2014