How to understand the unemployment rate – an explanation from Pew Research

March 9, 2017 | SOREDI |

When you see updated statistics on the unemployment rate, locally or nationally, do you ever wonder exactly what is being measured? How are these numbers collected and what do they represent? In fact, there are six different measurements of unemployment that are used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and this article gives a good explanation of all of them.

Take a look: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/07/employment-vs-unemployment-different-stories-from-the-jobs-numbers/

© 1987-2026 SOREDI 100 E Main Street, Suite A • PO Box 4672 • Medford, OR 97501 • Phone: (541) 773-8946

Publishes later this month
What did Southern Oregon actually say?
The 2026 Southern Oregon Economic Conditions Index publishes later this month. Be there the moment it does.
Send me the report →