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U-4

(ECONOMICS) Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly publishes six estimates of unemployment. The others are U-1, U-2, U-3, U-5, and U-6. Eurostat publishes one monthly estimate of unemployment for the European Union, which is approximately midway between U-3 and U-4.

The unemployment statistics for the USA are collected through a monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) (also known as the household survey) and an establishment survey.

U-4 includes all individuals that are unemployed as well as people known as discouraged workers. These people are then reported as a percentage of the combined civilian labor force and discouraged workers. Discouraged workers are defined as unemployed workers who have searched for employment within the last 12 months that have cited an economic reason for no longer looking for work. These reasons could range from “There just aren’t any job openings in my area.” to “I keep getting turned down for interviews, so why bother?”

{Nebraska Workforce Trends|October 2009}

by Abu Yahya July 15, 2010


4 fingers up🥎

Means you are insanely good at softball and can’t be beat

Lightning softball team is so good and holds 4 fingers up🥎

by Pouri April 21, 2022


4/4phobia

Synonym for math rock

The 4/4 time signature triggered John's 4/4phobia

by Fluffy chinchilla March 17, 2023


Throwing up 4 fingers

You get all the b!tches known in existence and you always pull h0es

Throwing up 4 fingers - you get all the girls in the world and your never caught hoeless

by QuandaleDingle2024 May 10, 2022


throwing up 4 fingers

throwing up 4 fingers in a picture is a sign to show that you have a huge hideous girlfriend or significant other

look hes throwing up 4 fingers because hes dating caprice (a blue whale)

by blumdum May 15, 2022


4:20 pm

the best time for anything

good its 4:20 pm

by 584940493395874392034839394 October 22, 2024


answered 4+4

slang. (v.) Usually starting with a pronoun (e.g. he, she), It is another word for the slang term "ate". The reason for it changing is because of the homophones "ate" and "eight", the answer of 4+4. Other variations such as 2*4, 16/2, 7+1, and 2+6 are also accepted.

Lil Tay answered 4+4 in her new song! 😍😍

by Larsbutb4d October 1, 2023