Originally Posted by
tcesni
People who say they are not looking for work are not considered part of the work force and are not considered unemployed. My wife would be an example, when we moved 5 years ago she originally intended to continue her career in medicine. But helping her mom take care of her dad that had alzheimer's and helping one of our daughters with her first child made her decide to not seek employment. Therefore, she is not unemployed. If you look at the "participation rate" in the workforce, that is the percentage of working age adults that are working, we are down slightly from pre-covid but within modern historical numbers.