[stompk]

True unemployment U-6

where do you get these numbers and where can I find out more about what the "U" designators mean ?

[Uri’el-2012]

Unemployment at wiki

[algernonpj]

where do you get these numbers and where can I find out more about what the "U" designators mean ?

BLS definition of the U-1 thru U-6

Unemployment if it were calculated as it was in Reagan's day:



In order to compare 'apples' to 'apples', compare todays's U-6 to Reagan's U-3. This is due to changes in how nemployment is calculated and what subsets of unemployment are included in U-3 and U-6.
Unemployment Primer

[Cobra64]

where do you get these numbers and where can I find out more about what the "U" designators mean ?

Here's a month old graph: