Alternate Unemployment Statistics

Fascinating look on how the official unemployment rate can be manipulated:

Inflation, Money Supply, GDP, Unemployment and the Dollar - Alternate Data Series

The SGS Alternate Unemployment Rate reflects current unemployment reporting methodology adjusted for SGS-estimated "discouraged workers" defined away during the Clinton Administration added to the existing BLS estimates of level U-6 unemployment.

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