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A U1-U6 and LU1-LU4 viewer for the United States and the United Kingdom.

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What is youthree?

youthree is a website dedicate to the unemployment rates (U1-U6 & LU1-LU4) of the United States of America and the United Kingdom.

What is U1-U6?

In the U.S., the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases alternative measures to unemployment from U1-U6. U3 is the one you're probably the most familiar as it is the one most commonly reported.

Each rate is calculated a little bit differently. If you want to learn more, here's a good start.

What is LU1-LU4?

This is the labour underutilization rate given by the International Labour Organisation. To find out more, see this.

Inspiration

I got inspired to start this project via an episode of The Indicator from Planet Money.

Disclaimer

This project is purely for educational purposes. I am not responsible for any damage that may occur from using this project and its data. I do not recommend using this website for any academic or professional work. I am not an economist and I do not have any educational qualifications to be near an economist.