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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (920568)	2/11/2016 5:29:33 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573841

U6 is one of the traditional BLS numbers (the one that gives the highest number out of the 6). In my opinion U1 and U6 aren't really unemployment numbers (even if they are official BLS unemployment numbers). U1 only counts people unemployed for more then 15 weeks, so it doesn't consider short term or recent unemployment. U6 counts some part time workers as unemployed when they are employed. U2 isn't a real unemployment number either. It only counts recently unemployed people U3, U4, and U5 all seem pretty decent figures for unemployment to me. The most commonly quoted BLS stat is U3.