Sentences with phrase «headline unemployment rate»

Both because baby boomers have been retiring and because discouraged job seekers aren't included in headline unemployment rate, the participation rate remains low by historical standards.

The US, he writes, «continues to operate with generally tepid economic growth, headline unemployment rates well in excess of 9 %, and a budget deficit well in excess of a trillion dollars,» yet the S&P 500 has more than doubled since 2009.

The headline unemployment rate, which measures the percentage of the British workforce who want a job but don't have one, fell from 4.3 % to 4.2 %.

You might recall Fed Vice-Chair Janet Yellen discussing at length the numerous pitfalls of the headline unemployment rate, which doesn't count the discouraged workers who've dropped out of the labour force, those who've stopped looking for work but say they would still like to have a job, and those who would like to work full - time but could only find part - time employment.

It is a bit surprising, then, that so many Fed officials are pointing to a two - notch dip in the headline unemployment rate to argue that QE tapering should perhaps start as soon as September or October.

In part, the headline unemployment rate may be understating the underlying slack.

These improvements were reflected in the rise in the participation rate to 63 %, up 0.6 % since September, confirming there is greater slack in the labour force than conveyed by the headline unemployment rate, and suggesting that longer term unemployed or discouraged workers who have hitherto remained on the sidelines are being pulled back into the labour market by the growth in employment opportunities.

Given the share of involuntary part - time employees, the headline unemployment rate alone is not a sufficient tool to monitor the labour market.

The headline unemployment rate of 5.8 per cent stayed the same, mainly because of a slight fall in the participation rate.

The headline unemployment rate at 5.1 % proves it, right?