Part of the issue is that the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports six unemployment numbers, all with different standards for what constitutes 'unemployment.' All

Part of the issue is that the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports six unemployment numbers, all with different standards for what constitutes 'unemployment.' All of these numbers are useful, but often people throw around different numbers without explaining which unemployment number they're actually talking about, which can result in seeing wildly different numbers. Source: https://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt.htm https://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt.htm