The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the March Unemployment figures on Friday April 3rd. According to the BLS the Current Unemployment Rate (Seasonally adjusted) for March was 5.5% unchanged from February. The Unadjusted Unemployment rate however fell from 5.8% to 5.6%. However, according to Gallup the Unadjusted Unemployment rate was actually 6.5% and the U-6 unemployment rate was 15.6% down from 16.1% in February.
Unemployment Numbers According to Gallup
| Unadjusted U-3 | Unadjusted U-6 |
|
| BLS | 5.6% | 11.0% |
| Gallup | 6.5% | 15.6% |
| Difference | 0.9% | 4.7% |
Once again the BLS numbers are quite a bit different than the [Read more…] about March 2015 Unemployment Flat