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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Record 89,967,000 Not in Labor Force; Another 663,000 Drop Out In March
April 5, 2013
By Terence P. Jeffrey
(CNSNews.com) - A record 89,967,000 Americans were not in the labor force in
March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is an increase of
663,000 from the 89,304,000 Americans who were not in the labor force in
February.
Since President Barack Obama was first inaugurated in January 2009, 9,460,
000 people have dropped out of the labor force.
The BLS counts a person as not in the civilian labor force if they are at
least 16 years old, are not in the military or an institution such as a
prison, mental hospital or nursing home, and have not actively looked for a
job in the last four weeks. The department counts a person as in the
civilian labor force if they are at least 16, are not in the military or an
institution such as a prison, mental hospital or nursing home, and either do
have a job or have actively looked for one in the last four weeks.
The number of people that BLS considers "in the labor force" affects the
unemployment rate--which is the percentage of people "in the labor force"
who are unable to find a job during the month. If someone previously
considered "not in the labor force" were to go out and search for a job and
not find one, they would have to be counted as in the labor force for that
period--and thus would increase the unemployment rate.
To the degree that Americans choose to simply drop out of the labor force
rather than search unsuccessful for a job they decrease the unemployment
rate.
In keeping with the increase in the number of people not in the labor force,
the labor force participation rate decreased from 63.5 percent in February
to 63.3 percent in March. The labor force participation rate is the
percentage of Americans in the civilian population over age 16 who did not
have a job or seek a job during the month.
In January 2009, when Obama was first inaugurated, there were 80,507,000
people not in the labor force compared to the 89,967,000 who were not in the
labor force in March. | r******g
发帖数: 4002 | 2 一次又一次的量化宽松，股市猛涨，米犹大喜。米犹媒体支持奥巴马，得到了最佳回报。 | l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 3 嗯 经济这么不好,但股市却狂涨.
报。
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: 一次又一次的量化宽松，股市猛涨，米犹大喜。米犹媒体支持奥巴马，得到了最佳回报。
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