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The Economy Today: What our measures tell us about the current recession. Keith Hall Commissioner Bureau of Labor Statistics March 05, 2010. Civilian unemployment rate, 1990-2010. Seasonally adjusted, percent. Unemployment rate = 9.7% in February 2010.
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The Economy Today: What our measures tell us about the current recession Keith Hall Commissioner Bureau of Labor Statistics March 05, 2010
Civilian unemployment rate,1990-2010 Seasonally adjusted, percent Unemployment rate = 9.7% in February 2010 NOTE: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). NBER has not yet determined an endpoint for the recession that began in December 2007. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, March 5, 2010.
Unemployment rates for persons 25 years and older by educational attainment, 1992-2010 Seasonally adjusted, percent Less than a high school diploma High school graduates, no college Some college or associate degree Bachelor's degree and higher NOTE: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). NBER has not yet determined an endpoint for the recession that began in December 2007. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, March 5, 2010.
Unemployment rates for whites, blacks or African Americans, and persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 1990-2010 Seasonally adjusted, percent Blacks or African Americans Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Whites NOTE: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). NBER has not yet determined an endpoint for the recession that began in December 2007. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, March 5, 2010.
Alternative measures of labor underutilization, 1994-2010 Seasonally adjusted, percent U-6 U-4 U-5 U-3 Unemployment rate U-2 U-1 NOTE: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). NBER has not yet determined an endpoint for the recession that began in December 2007. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, March 5, 2010.
Unemployment rate and long-term unemployment rate, 1994-2010 Seasonally adjusted, percent Long term unemployment rate = 4.0% in February 2010 Unemployment rate Long-term unemployment rate NOTE: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). NBER has not yet determined an endpoint for the recession that began in December 2007. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, March 5, 2010.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 5, 2010.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 5, 2010.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 5, 2010.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 5, 2010. ** The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) denoted recessions starting in January 1980 and July 1981.