Shortly after each monthly employment report I have been posting a continual series titled “3 Critical Unemployment Charts.”
Of course, there are many other employment charts that can be displayed as well.
For reference purposes, below are the U-3 and U-6 Unemployment Rate charts from a long-term historical perspective. Both charts are from the St. Louis Fed site. The U-3 measure is what is commonly referred to as the official unemployment rate; whereas the U-6 rate is officially (per Bureau of Labor Statistics) defined as:
Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force
Of note, many economic observers use the U-6 rate as a (closer) proxy of the actual unemployment rate rather than that depicted by the U-3 measure.
Here is the U-3 chart, currently showing a 3.7% unemployment rate:
![UNRATE 3.7%](https://www.economicgreenfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/UNRATE_12-2-22-3.7-Percent.png)
Data Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Economic Data, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Civilian Unemployment Rate [UNRATE] ; U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics; accessed December 2, 2022:
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UNRATE
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Here is the U-6 chart, currently showing a 6.7% unemployment rate:
![U6RATE 6.7 Percent](https://www.economicgreenfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/U6RATE_12-2-22-6.7-Percent.png)
Data Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Economic Data, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers plus total employed part time for economic reasons [U6RATE] ; U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics; accessed December 2, 2022:
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/U6RATE
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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation
SPX at 4044.28 as this post is written
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