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Except that we don't track those numbers, so it could be that earlier in the recession more people were recently out of work, and looking hard, meaning they wer
by ColinDabritz 12y ago
Except that we don't track those numbers, so it could be that earlier in the recession more people were recently out of work, and looking hard, meaning they were counted in this number. Right now, it's been a lot longer, so perhaps many of them have given up, even if they need jobs, so they are no longer being counted.
The number of people needing jobs, regardless of searching might have gone down similarly to the reported number, or it might have stayed exactly the same overall. Without the information, we don't know. I certainly know a few people who need jobs and can't get them, and some of them aren't being counted. Maybe it would be good to find out.
- dailyrorschach 12y agoThe people not being counted are those people who are totally excluded from the workforce: disabled, students, retirees and other dependents. The folks you seem to be saying are part of discourage and marginally attached workers, and are counted as part of the U5 and U6 measurement. When we talk about the large big pot of unemployed and want to work or don’t have enough work, U6 is the measure usually referred to. We are improving on that measure as well. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
- srdev 12y agoWe do track those numbers. They've been dropping.