Our Summary of U.S. Real Unemployment makes the adjustments necessary to determine: first, the number of Real Unemployed Persons and, second, the Real Unemployment Rate. In August 2014: The number of Real Unemployed Persons decreased by 419,000 to 18.6 million. The Real Unemployment Rate increased by 0.2% to 11.8%. In addition to the 18.6 million [...]

Our Summary of U.S. Real Unemployment makes the adjustments necessary to determine: first, the number of Real Unemployed Persons and, second, the Real Unemployment Rate. In August 2014: The number of Real Unemployed Persons decreased by 351,000 to 19 million. The Real Unemployment Rate increased by 0.2% to 12.0%. In addition to the 19 million [...]

UCubed Leader: From now until Election Day, please SHARE at least one UCubed post with your Facebook friends every day. It takes a second. But that simple act can alter the dynamics of these midterm elections. Right now, 84 percent of all Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing … 72 percent disapprove of [...]

Our Summary of U.S. Real Unemployment makes the adjustments necessary to determine: first, the number of Real Unemployed Persons and, second, the Real Unemployment Rate. In July 2014: The number of Real Unemployed Persons dincreased by 313,000 to 19.4 million The Real Unemployment Rate increased by 0.1% to 12.2%. Note: In addition to the 19.4 [...]

Our Summary of U.S. Real Unemployment makes the adjustments necessary to determine: first, the number of Real Unemployed Persons and, second, the Real Unemployment Rate. In June 2014: • The number of Real Unemployed Persons decreased by 115,000 to 19.0 million • The Real Unemployment Rate decreased by 0.1% to 12.1%. Note: In addition to [...]

Our Summary of U.S. Real Unemployment makes the adjustments necessary to determine: first, the number of Real Unemployed Persons and, second, the Real Unemployment Rate. In May 2014: • The number of Real Unemployed Persons decreased by 181,000 to 19.2 million • The Real Unemployment Rate decreased by 0.1% to 12.2%. Note: In addition to [...]

Our Summary of U.S. Real Unemployment makes the adjustments necessary to determine, first, the number of Real Unemployed Persons and, second, the Real Unemployment Rate.  In April 2014: The number of Real Unemployed Persons decreased by 686,000 to 19.4 million The Real Unemployment Rate decreased by 0.4% to 12.3%. Note: In addition to the 19.4 [...]

Dear UCubed Leader: A debate now rages within the Federal Reserve over inflation. Should the inflation target be less than 2 per cent per year, remain at 2 percent per year or be allowed to grow to 4 percent per year? It is a macroeconomic debate that only the investor class follows closely. But the [...]

Dear UCubed Leader: In the last 28 days, Facebook reports that UCubed reached 11 million people in the United States, 896,000 in Canada, 455,000 in Australia and 405,000 in India. We also reached over 50,000 Facebook users in eight more nations: Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Brazil, New Zealand, Germany and South Africa. Who knew? All [...]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has published their unemployment numbers for February 2014, stating the official unemployment rate increased to 6.7% from January’s figure of 6.6%.  And, as of February 28, 2014, based on a separate monthly survey of “households,” there were 10.5 million unemployed persons. However, as we not each month, these BLS [...]