[DoodleDawg]

Okay, so what do *you* think the real unemployment rate is, the 5.whatever% figure the gov’t is pushing or something else?

I think it's something else. Especially when you take into account the under-employed and those who have to work part time even though they want to work full time I think it's considerably north of 5%. But to say it's 35% or 40% makes no sense at all.

[Paul R.]

Actually, Stockman’s analysis makes perfect sense IF one has comparable numbers to go by, for at least the last several decades. Ie., by Stockman’s method, maybe 20% “unemployment” is normal. Context is everything, in this case.

Maybe someone can find or create a chart...