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Invisible Unemployment Remains Above 10 Percent for 59 Straight Months. Although the unemployment rate has fallen, when combined with those…
Read More (Reason #10: Invisible Unemployment Remains above 10 Percent for 59 Straight Months)Far More Adults Have Left the Workforce Than Found New Jobs. Under the Obama Administration, the ratio of adults in…
Read More (Reason #9: Far More Adults Have Left the Workforce Than Found New Jobs)Men in Their Prime Working Years Are Not Working. Millions of men in their prime working years are unemployed or…
Read More (Reason #8: Men in Their Prime Working Years Are Not Working)The Unemployment Rate for African-Americans Is More Than Twice the Rate for Whites. Unemployment continues to disproportionately impact the African-American…
Read More (Reason #7: The Unemployment Rate for African-Americans Is More Than Twice the Rate for Whites)The Share of Adults Who Are Working Is Back to 1984 Levels. The share of adults who are working dropped…
Read More (Reason #6: The Share of Adults Who Are Working Is Back to 1984 Levels)Record Number of Americans Are Not Working. A record number of people are unemployed or have left the workforce….
Read More (Reason #5: Record Number of Americans Are Not Working)Worst “Recovery” Ever for Dropouts from the Workforce. In no prior recession have this many people remained out of the…
Read More (Reason #4: Worst “Recovery” Ever for Dropouts from the Workforce)Worst “Recovery” Ever for Long-Term Unemployed. In no other recession were there this many long-term unemployed. Source: Calculated Risk Blog….
Read More (Reason #3: Worst “Recovery” Ever for Long-Term Unemployed)