The “official” rate only counts unemployed people who have looked in the last four weeks. Five other rates track other kinds ...

U-3 is the official unemployment rate and provides a baseline for understanding the labor market. U-6 offers a more complete picture, including part-time workers and those who have stopped looking ...

National unemployment was 8.6% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, it went up almost a point from 8.2% last month and double the 4.6% rate officially reported by the ...