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To: combjelly who wrote (678106)

10/9/2012 6:09:11 PM

From: i-node

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>> U6 is better described as 'underutilization" instead of "unemployment". And that statement is not true. According to the BLS, it has dropped from 16.4 to 14.7 from 9/11 to 9/12.

2009	14.2	15.1	15.7	15.8	16.4	16.5	16.5	16.7	16.8	17.2	17.1	17.1	2009
2010	16.7	16.9	16.9	17.0	16.6	16.5	16.5	16.6	16.9	16.8	16.9	16.6	2010
2011	16.1	15.9	15.7	15.9	15.8	16.2	16.1	16.2	16.4	16.0	15.6	15.2	2011
2012	15.1	14.9	14.5	14.5	14.8	14.9	15.0	14.7	14.7

It isn't about "underutilization" when people are taking shittier jobs because it is all they can get. But either way, it is the most important metric.

>> It apparently was 16.0 when he took office.

14.2 as indicated above. It did, of course, get worse as Obama's term proceeded, as you would expect.