Parsing the Unemployment Statistics, Stevenson Finds Reason for Optimism Even Amidst a Higher-Than-Reported Rate
May 16, 2020
May 16, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 16 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news:
The rate of unemployment was recently recorded as 14.7%. Ford School economist Betsey Stevenson, who was Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor 2010-2011, says the real rate is actually higher. In a tweet (https://twitter.com/BetseyStevenson/status/1258738968612368385) quoted in an article in Forbes May 10, and referred to in other media, she said the Bureau of Labor Statist . . .
The rate of unemployment was recently recorded as 14.7%. Ford School economist Betsey Stevenson, who was Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor 2010-2011, says the real rate is actually higher. In a tweet (https://twitter.com/BetseyStevenson/status/1258738968612368385) quoted in an article in Forbes May 10, and referred to in other media, she said the Bureau of Labor Statist . . .