Comparison Of Measures Of Unemployment

Unemployment Rates as % to Official Unemployment Rate (U-3) May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force 47.87 53.68 54.26 52.58 55.10 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force 65.96 65.26 65.96 65.98 69.39 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers 104.26 105.26 104.26 104.12 104.08 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers 112.77 113.68 113.83 113.40 113.27 U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers 174.47 173.68 173.40 173.20 173.47

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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Trends have all stayed relatively constant, with the exception of U-1. That one has been increasing

June 2009