What is the real rate? The number most commonly reported is 6.7 percent, down considerably from 2010, but everyone seems to have their own opinion. “The 6.7 percent is probably 21 or 22 percent in real numbers,”Donald Trump reported to the Conservative Political Action Conference in March, citing nothing about how he arrived at that
What Is The Real Unemployment Rate?
There’s only one problem with the headline unemployment rate of 6.7 percent: hardly anyone believes it.