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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
Fri May 8, 2020, 08:27 PM May 2020

Remember the U6 unemployment rate?

It was a BIG thing during the Obama administration to prove the unemployment rate wasn't as good as people were saying.

Interesting how that talking point just went away in 2017.

FWIW: the U6 unemployment rate is currently at 22.8.

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Remember the U6 unemployment rate? (Original Post) Drunken Irishman May 2020 OP
K & R...for visibility...nt Wounded Bear May 2020 #1
MmHmm empedocles May 2020 #2
The U6 rate is locked in its cage, waiting, just waiting yonder May 2020 #3

yonder

(9,664 posts)
3. The U6 rate is locked in its cage, waiting, just waiting
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:08 PM
May 2020

for the next Democratic president to take office when it will be unleashed again on a hopelessly forgetful population.

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