“Not In Labor Force” Statistic – As Of September 2020

In the November 13, 2013 post (“Not In Labor Force Statistic“) I featured editorial commentary from the Wall Street Journal, as well as an accompanying long-term chart, with regard to the number of people not working.

Also, on February 9, 2015 I wrote another post titled “Unemployment And The ‘Not In Labor Force’ Statistic,” in which I discussed various facets of this measure.

Below is an updated chart regarding this statistic.  The current figure, last updated on September 4, 2020 depicting data through August 2020, is 99.592 million people (Not Seasonally Adjusted):

Not In Labor Force

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Not in Labor Force [LNU05000000], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; accessed September 8, 2020: 
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU05000000

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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation

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