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January 20, 2017
Inauguration Day 2017
• Gas $2.09
• National average $2.32
• Dow 19,819
• NASDAQ 5560.7
• Unemployment 4.7%
• Labor Participation Rate 62.6%*
• Median Family Income 55K
• Current Military Conflicts: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen*
• National Debt: 19.9 Trillion
• National Budget Deficit: $591.2 Billion
• Federal Spending: $3.9 Trillion
Unemployment Note: The 4.7% figure above is the U-3 figure as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There has been considerable criticism from the Right for the past eight years that this number dramatically under reports the "real" unemployment in the United States, and that the U-6 figures should be the standard for reporting.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-15. Alternative measures
of labor underutilization [Percent]
Measure
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Not seasonally adjusted
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Seasonally adjusted
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Dec.
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Nov.
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Dec.
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Dec.
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Aug.
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Sept.
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Oct.
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Nov.
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Dec.
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2015
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2016
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2016
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2015
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent
of the civilian labor force
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2.1
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1.8
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1.9
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2.1
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1.9
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2
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2
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1.8
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1.9
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U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs,
as a percent of the civilian labor force
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2.4
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2.1
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2.3
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2.4
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2.4
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2.5
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2.3
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2.2
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2.3
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U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor
force (official unemployment rate)
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4.8
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4.4
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4.5
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5
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4.9
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4.9
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4.8
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4.6
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4.7
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U-4
Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor
force plus discouraged workers
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5.2
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4.8
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4.8
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5.4
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5.3
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5.3
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5.1
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5
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5
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U-5
Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally
attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus
all persons marginally attached to the labor force
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5.9
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5.6
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5.5
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6.1
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5.9
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6
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5.9
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5.8
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5.7
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U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally
attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic
reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally
attached to the labor force
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9.8
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9
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9.1
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9.9
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9.7
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9.7
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9.5
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9.3
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9.2
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NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are
those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate
that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime
in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking
for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want
and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time
schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the
release of January data.
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