Real unemployment does not make headlines.
"Excluding the 2020-21 period, when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the labor market, the rate now stands at its lowest level since 1976."
https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2026/aug/what-is-behind-sharp-drop-labor-force-participation
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