Saturday, February 5, 2011

Persons Not In Labor Force Who Want Job Now Jumps To All Time Record

by Tyler Durden on 02/04/2011

Probably the last chart to bury any doubt about just how truly horrible today's employment data was, comes from a little observed data metric: that showing the number of people who are not in the labor force, but who want a job now. The number just hit 6,643K, a jump of 431K from December, and the highest number in history. These are people that would send the unemployment rate to about 12.8% if they were in the labor force (and, as indicated, looking for a job).


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