Labor Force Participation Rate Drops To 63.9%, Lowest Since January 1984

[Karmadillo]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/labor-force-participation-rate-drops-639-lowest-january-1984

While we still await for BLS.gov to finally come back up online half an hour after printing the actual NFP number, here is the one data point that we know for a fact: the labor force participation rate, and the reason why the general unemployment rate declined to 9.1%, just dropped to 63.9%, the lowest in 16 years, or matches the participation rate from January 1984.

[Pale Blue Dot]

1. Hmmm... nobody seems to want to read this...

I wonder why....

[Supersedeas]

2. then there is the undocumented unemployed...shhhhhh, don't document that

[Karmadillo]

3. It's too bad as it gives a better indication of where we are. 193000 more left the work force

in the latest report.

[katnapped]

4. I don't hear you clapping! tsk tsk! n/t

[Karmadillo]

5. Kick

nt

[originalpckelly]

6. That's 26 years.

Not 16.

[JoeyT]

7. It's easy to claim unemployment is low when

you ignore most of the people that are unemployed.

Does anyone outside D.C. seriously think unemployment is under 10%? Because if so, I've got tons of waterfront property they might enjoy owning.

[xchrom]

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