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The unemployment rate (U-6) is a wider measure of unemployment, which treats additional workers as unemployed (e.g., those employed part-time for economic reasons and certain "marginally attached" workers outside the labor force, who have looked for a job within the last year, but not within the last 4 weeks).
Bank run on the Seamen's Savings Bank during the panic of 1857. There have been as many as 48 recessions in the United States dating back to the Articles of Confederation, and although economists and historians dispute certain 19th-century recessions, [1] the consensus view among economists and historians is that "the [cyclical] volatility of GNP and unemployment was greater before the Great ...
Unemployment rate change for each U.S. presidential term from 1949 (data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics) [10] President Political party Period of presidency Unemployment rate at start of presidential term Unemployment rate at end of presidential term Change in unemployment rate during presidential term (percentage points) Harry S. Truman
Unemployment rates in the United States (1950 - 2005). Background colors and dotted lines show the terms of U.S. presidents and their political party affiliation, to give more historical context. Data source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart created by User:Kmf164 on May 10, 2006. Date: 10 May 2006 (original upload date) Source
This unemployment rate was both the highest rate and largest month-over-month increase in the history of Bureau of Labor Statistics data, which dates back to 1948. ... Unemployment in the US Now ...
The economic history of the United States spans the colonial era through the 21st century. The initial settlements depended on agriculture and hunting/trapping, later adding international trade, manufacturing, and finally, services, to the point where agriculture represented less than 2% of GDP .
The lowest unemployment rate was in North Dakota at just 2.7%, while New Mexico had the highest unemployment rate at 6.7%. Unemployment rates have recovered dramatically in all the states since ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought initial unemployment claims to 38.6 million in just nine weeks, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor — shattering historic highs ...