Unemployment Continues Stubborn Climb To 9.8 Percent Unemployment rose to 9.8 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. That's up a tick from the August rate of 9.7 percent. The broadest measure of unemployment -- U6, which includes discouraged workers and those working part-time because all they can get -- hit 17 percent. That's up 0.2 percent from 16.8 percent in August, a bigger climb than in the headline number.
Unemployment rose to 9.8 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. That's up a tick from the August rate of 9.7 percent.
The broadest measure of unemployment -- U6, which includes discouraged workers and those working part-time because all they can get -- hit 17 percent. That's up 0.2 percent from 16.8 percent in August, a bigger climb than in the headline number.
