Thread: U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September; Unemployment Rate Dips to 4.2%
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Old 10-10-2017, 11:24 AM  
Paul Markham
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Here's the real unemployment rate

The official unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 percent, its lowest level since May 2007.
But the 'U-6' rate declined slightly to just 8.6 percent.
Donald Trump on unemployment: He's right that it's 40% | Fortune

The ?real? unemployment rate is still close to 10% - MarketWatch

https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore...ng-to-survive/

https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/faq/what...working-adults



And it will get worse.
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