9.7%. this means we are still below the magic number of 10. start buying the float. and when we get to 10...we are below the magic number of 15.....you get the idea...
Total unemployed including part time and marginally attached at 16.8%. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm Seems pretty high to me.
never that simple. If you count in people who are on the gray and black market (those working under the table, tax dodgers, those pushing drugs, prostitution, criminals and everything else), this is likely a significant part of the economy. In some not so modern countries, this kind of activity can exceed 20-40% of the GDP.