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The Economy Today: What our measures tell us about
the current recession
Keith HallCommissioner
Bureau of Labor Statistics
March 05, 2010
Civilian unemployment rate,1990-2010
Seasonally adjusted, percent
NOTE: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).NBER has not yet determined an endpoint for the recession that began in December 2007.SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, March 5, 2010.
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Unemployment rate = 9.7% in February 2010
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1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
2000-2010
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 5, 2010.
Notes: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). NBER has not yet determined an endpoint for the recession that began in Dec. 2007. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
Over-the-year percent change
Seasonally adjusted
Production Employees
Percent change: 2.5
All Employees
Percent Change: 1.9
in average hourly earnings
Unemployment rates for persons 25 years and older by educational attainment, 1992-2010
Seasonally adjusted, percent
NOTE: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).NBER has not yet determined an endpoint for the recession that began in December 2007.SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, March 5, 2010.
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Bachelor's degree and higher
Some college or associate degree
High school graduates, no college
Less than a high school diploma
Unemployment rates for whites, blacks or African Americans, and persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 1990-2010
Seasonally adjusted, percent
NOTE: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).NBER has not yet determined an endpoint for the recession that began in December 2007.SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, March 5, 2010.
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Whites
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Blacks or African Americans
Alternative measures of labor underutilization, 1994-2010
Seasonally adjusted, percent
NOTE: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).NBER has not yet determined an endpoint for the recession that began in December 2007.SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, March 5, 2010.
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U-3 Unemployment rateU-2
U-1
U-4
U-5
U-6
Unemployment rate and long-term unemployment rate, 1994-2010
Seasonally adjusted, percent
NOTE: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). NBER has not yet determined an endpoint for the recession that began in December 2007. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, March 5, 2010.
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Unemployment rate
Long-term unemployment rate
Long term unemployment rate =
4.0% in February 2010