Wall Street Journal (May 4)
2012/ 05/ 06 by jd in Global News
“The unemployment rate fell a tick to 8.1%, albeit mainly because the labor force shrank by 342,000.” This is a major worry. In April, the civilian labor participation rate fell to 63.6%: “the second decline in a row and the lowest rate since December 1981.”
Tags: Civilian labor participation rate, Labor force, U.S., Unemployment rate
