The unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent in 2009 and has declined slowly since. However, over the same period, the employment-population ratio (which shows the share of the working-age population that is working or looking for work) has not recovered.
The unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent in 2009 and has declined slowly since. However, over the same period, the employment-population ratio (which shows the share of the working-age population that is working or looking for work) has not recovered.