Gallup: Unemployment Rate Jumps To 9.0%, Underemployment To 19.0%…
Al Sharpton hardest hit.
PRINCETON, NJ — The U.S. unemployment rate, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, is 9.0% in mid-February, up from 8.6% for January. The mid-month reading normally reflects what the U.S. government reports for the entire month, and is up from 8.3% in mid-January.
Gallup also finds 10.0% of U.S. employees in mid-February are working part time but want full-time work, essentially the same as in January. The mid-February reading means the percentage of Americans who can only find part-time work remains close to its high since Gallup began measuring employment status in January 2010.
Underemployment, a measure that combines the percentage of workers who are unemployed with the percentage working part time but wanting full-time work, is 19.0% in mid-February. This is higher than the 18.7% recorded for January, and is up significantly compared with January’s mid-month reading of 18.1%.
Posted by ZIP on Friday, February 17, 2012, at 2:59 pm | 
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Sure, more lies from Gallup.
The CBO said it’s 15%.
When the administration issues their number in 2 weeks, unemployment will magically drop to 7.9%
Wasn’t the word “unexpectedly” left out of that headline?
Rufus i suppose you beleive everything you read in the NEW YORK SLIMES and NEWSREEK magazine
obama regime will state unemployment is 2% because all of those other people actually HAVE JOBS and are contributing to the recovery because they work by collecting food stamps, going to the market, and buying food with them
The unemployment measure without including underemployment is as bad as the so-called core inflation index that magically leaves out energy and food costs.
Yeah and gas is gonna be free right before the election—-come on November.
@Spurwing Plover…
I believe it is all a lie; everything we are told is wrong.
We are livng in Barry’s Brave New World.
Here, Californians are not unemployed they are reassessing their prospects.
When the administration issues their number in 2 weeks, unemployment will magically drop to 7.9%
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I think the key word here is “magically.” Indeed.
what happened to the promise that if we throw away $900B stimulis unemployment would not pass 8%? is it possible the esteemed president is a LIAR? maybe he meant his cronies would all have jobs.
That doesn’t include the uncounted self-employed who have never been taken into account. The unemployment rate is surely in excess of 20%. Nothing coming out of this administration can be regarded as truthful or factual. They are sabotaging this country at every turn.
Since when is GALLUP in the Unemployment business? The ony number that matters is the official BLS number.
I have no idea where or how GALLUP is calculating this.
I think they called up Reince Priebus, chair of the National GOP, and asked him “How big do you want this number, and what’s it worth to ya?