Yesterday Eurostat released the September unemployment rate figures for the European Union and the Eurozone. From the release: The euro area1 (EA16) seasonally-adjusted2 unemployment rate3 was 10.1% in September 2010,…

…like the unemployment rate (remember that FDR was elected in a landslide in 1936 with over 10% unemployment, and Obama won handily in 2012 with just under 8% unemployment), but…

…of claims compared with the unemployment rate, measured YoY: Simply put, going back 60 years, initial claims have always started rising before the unemployment rate and always peaked before the…

Ever since Bryan offered this bet on future unemployment rates in the U.S. and Europe, I’ve been wondering: how do incarceration rates affect those numbers? Europe has consistently higher unemployment…

…presumed impact of extended UI benefits on unemployment duration. It is straightforward to translate this increase in unemployment duration into an effect on the unemployment rate, based on their proportional…

…might conclude that a 5.5% unemployment rate is too low to reflect normal labor market conditions and that unemployment is not yet near its natural potential. Update: The unemployment rate…

…out of 3, when the unemployment rate is higher YoY, you are close to or even beginning a recession. Here’s the unemployment rate YoY from its inception in 1948 to…

…of nonlinear downside risk. The unemployment rate has gone up in a manner that is–within an arguable rounding error–empirically consistent with recessionary dynamics. More worryingly, the unemployment rate is also accelerating…

…means trying to ensure both unemployment rates and inflation are kept low. Often this involves some short-run trade-offs: – There are times when a Fed that wanted unemployment to fall…

by Rebecca Wilder Unemployment Rates Across the Euro Area – Tough Times in Key Markets Today Eurostat released its unemployment rate figures for the month of August. The Euro area…