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(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.
U-5 by Abu Yahya July 15, 2010
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1337 5/\U(3

Leet Sauce! The gamers and nerdy way to say just how much your own.
WOOT OMFGWTFBBQPWND them! u r teh 1337 5/\U(3!
1337 5/\U(3 by Criminally_Retarded December 27, 2006

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Person 1: bro im so boreddddddddddddddddddddd,
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Person 1: OMFG DID YOU NOT READ THE PATCH NOTES??
person 2: wdym?
person 1: IF YOU SAY SOME WORDS THAT ARE TOO LONG YOU-
*person 2 explodes

5 dolla make u holla 

when you at little caesars and you are buying one of their large pizzas you just scream out "5 DOLLA MAKE U HOLLA" then they know what you mean and and a free slice of pizza is thrown at you and u have to catch it in your mouth.
*ebony black woman gets off work*
*she walks straight from her job at the corner into the little caesars*

*she stomps to the cashier*
ebony black woman: 5 DOLLA MAKE U HOLLA!!!!!!!
little asian man working in the back: *throws the pizza in her mouth*
*ebony black woman runs and catches it in her mouth*
*the victory alarm goes off*
(:
Then the asian man rips off his uniform and and dances to im sexy and i know it in a speedo.

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Wow you are that bored that you went above and beyond and typed this congrats you get nothing.
I was bored and typed

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