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U-6 underemployment rate, monthly
Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, saved from FRED on August 31, 2026.
The broadest measure of underemployment the agency publishes: the unemployed plus people who want work but stopped looking plus people stuck in part-time jobs. Saved from FRED.
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- The job market goes into reverse: payrolls fall by 23,000 · cited for the 7.9 percent broad measure
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2026-07-01,7.9