Saturday, June 4, 2011

Civilian Unemployment Rate (Chart, 6-3)



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Data series 2000 though May 2011. In percent.

Current reading 9.1 percent versus 9.6 a year ago. 16 years or older.


Source(s): U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release: Employment Situation

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced several revisions to the Household Survey on Friday Feb.7th 2003, with the release of the January 2003 Data. They introduced the Census 2000 population controls (which affect data back to 2000 and cause a break in the data in January 2000), a new seasonal adjustment procedure, and new seasonal factors back to January 1998.

Original content Bob DeMarco, Look Beyond the Obvious

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