Others have mentioned U6 etc. The issue of the headline figure not capturing certain key features is mentioned as nauseum on CNBC a or any decent financial new

Others have mentioned U6 etc. The issue of the headline figure not capturing certain key features is mentioned as nauseum on CNBC a or any decent financial news source. Gallup and the person who posted this is trying to make it sound like a revelation. Further almost all types of employment has improved. Here in the UK we have a similar obfuscation technique where the opposition says more women are out of work than ever, whereas the government says more women are in work than ever. Both are true, but behind the scenes it is because there is the largest population of work aged women ever.