Not everyone outside that 78.6 is employable... disabled, students, retired (some are that lucky), stay at home moms, etc. The question is: Who is employable (

Not everyone outside that 78.6 is employable... disabled, students, retired (some are that lucky), stay at home moms, etc. The question is: Who is employable (outside of disability, student, etc) and not for legitimate reasons. The U3 (4.4), as I understand it, is more a "moving target" of recent numbers... it's the number of recently unemployed and still looking the U6 (8.6%) should be closer to "real" unemployment since it includes discouraged, marginal and part time workers (those under utilized). https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm