While the unemployment rate remains near a 50-year low, another measure of worker well-being indicates there may be bigger cracks in the labor market. The low unemployment rate, which stood at 4.2% in ...

While the unemployment rate remains near a 50-year low, another measure of worker well-being indicates there may be bigger cracks in the labor market. The low unemployment rate, which stood at 4.2% in ...

Reviewed by Erika Rasure Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Multiple economic factors influence interest rates. Three types of interest rates, including real, nominal, and effective affect consumers' ...

How many people are out of work? What is the real unemployment rate? We don’t know. What we do know is that the true number is far higher than the unemployment rate at any given time. There are some ...

The U.S. unemployment rate is officially stuck at 4.2%, yet a lesser-known yardstick called "functional unemployment" now says roughly one in four American adults is effectively out of luck in the ...