U-5

(ECONOMICS) Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force. This includes workers who are not counted as "discouraged workers" for minor technical reasons. Therefore, if one wants to cite the percentage of discouraged unemployed, the true figure is U-5, not U-4.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly publishes six estimates of unemployment. The others are U-1, U-2, U-3, U-4, 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.

For economists, U-5 and U-6 can help provide some insight into labor market movements. In particular, the spread between U-5 and U-6 can show how quickly businesses are returning to normality after a recession, because it offers a way to gauge changes in the number of hours worked as well as in the number of workers hired.

by Abu Yahya July 15, 2010

5 unders

Those annoying drivers that we seem to get behind every morning on our way to work that are going 5 mph slower then the speed limit.

Tourists that are site seeing and causing traffic backups because they are going 5 under the speed limit.

Sorry I'm late boss. I got behind two 5 unders on my way in this morning.

by Demon71 October 29, 2010

The 5 Mao's Crew

A underground hip-hop crew consists of 10 original members. Presently, only four members are active which include:

Pet, Jay-C, 6-Pac, and Super 5 cents. An album from them will be set to release in 2011.

A:Hey, I heard the 5 Mao's Crew are coming to town.
B:Seriously?
A:Yeah, you wanna go?
B:Yeah, where are the tickets
A:Oh, you don't need tickets, cause they are so underrated.

by Vasup C. May 27, 2010

Bar 5

Bar 5, extending your hand and smacking your significate other
on his/her tight ass as a greeting.

I'm gonna bar 5 my wife when i get home.

by drjemt May 4, 2009

spec 5

1. Food for Trans Ams, Z28's, and anything else with an engine.

2. Fast in the not quite a sports car, awkward underpowered overmufflered foreign sedan.

Was that guy in the spec 5 serious?

by GONKGONKGONK May 13, 2009

5-Alarm Regret

The feeling one gets after adding entirely too much hot sauce to ones food

Joe: whats wrong Bill?

Bill: this sri racha just gave me a bad case of the 5-Alarm regret.

by lordfusty January 1, 2009

ZERO 5

Someone who raps that they are the undisputed number one, in the cold light of day they aint all that, so they let there euro-posse down so they can hide where the sun dont personally shine.

Fiddy or 50 or 5 zero goes back on there word hense zero 5

by Aviduk October 4, 2007