Econo-meh: Unemployment remains at 7.6 percent; U-6 rate surges to 14.3 percent

Wow, the U-6 rate (unemployed, discouraged, underemployed) surges to 14.3% from 13.8%

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) July 5, 2013

Obamacare? | Those employed part time for economic reasons increased by 322,000 to 8.2 million in June

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) July 5, 2013

11.1%: What the US jobless rate would be if labor force participation were back to pre-recession levels

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) July 5, 2013

But using Goldman Sachs estimates that subtract demographics, 9.1% rate is more in the ballpark

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) July 5, 2013

Among the marginally attached, there were 1.0 million discouragedworkers in June, an increase of 206,000 from a year earlier

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) July 5, 2013

Yikes. Nasty half percent rise in U-6, broader measure of unemployment, to 14.3% from 13.8%. Do not like.

— Neil Irwin (@Neil_Irwin) July 5, 2013

Good God. RT “@JimPethokoukis: Wow, the U-6 rate (unemployed, discouraged, underemployed) surges to 14.3% from 13.8%”

— lauren (@LilMissRightie) July 5, 2013