Except none of that has anything to do with the definition of 'recession', which is 2 consecutive quarters of falling GDP. The best way to address unemployment is to make it easier to start and expand businesses, to make it easier to hire people and to pay them the going rate for the job. With so much government regulation interfering with those 4 job-creating processes, it's no surprise it takes so long after a recession for the jobless rate to fall.