@SrRochardBunson @cpoliticditto@mas.to

Also not an economist! I believe there's lot of room for fudging it, as well. Different countries count it differently and yet people compare them as if they're the same. People can move from "unemployed" to "discouraged worker" and come off the the unemployment numbers as well, as one example. There's a lot that goes into it, from my limited understanding, yet people treat it as a catch-all for people who are out of work at any given time.