[2ndDivisionVet]

The real (U6) unemployment rate is 15.6% folks!

http://portalseven.com/employment/unemployment_rate_u6.jspolks.

[Sacajaweau]

So they’re not looking but still unemployed and the unemployment rate goes down??

[Tallguy]

There was only aroung 120,000 jobs ‘created’ last month, about the same range as in recent months. Therefore, there has to be another logical explanation as to why a 9.1% unemployment rate suddenly drops to 8.6%. Does the Media dig into the numbers? Cry ‘foul’ as they would if the other party were occupying the Whitehouse?

No and no.

[Windflier]

Data extracted on: December 2, 2011 (3:40:26 PM)

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Series Id: LNS13000000
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title: (Seas) Unemployment Level
Labor force status: Unemployed
Type of data: Number in thousands
Age: 16 years and over

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS13000000