The Real Unemployment Rate

[Jolly]

8.7%, according to these folks...

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/indexes/rasmussen_reports_unemployment_update/rasmussen_reports_unemployment_update

[taiwan_girl]

I would like to see this type of analysis applied backward. One data point, which seems quite frightening maybe isnt so when looked back in history. For example, back in 2010, what was the different between the official unemployment rate and the rate calculated by rasumssen? Maybe the rasmussen is always X% above the official rate.

To me, using the same baseline to compare is important and doing it consistent, not just one time.