• The "real" unemployment rate, which takes underemployment into account is 13.9 percent.
  • The number of workers who have been forced to work part-time is increased to nearly 70 percent.
  • Employers have cut hours for their workers by 1.2 percent in the past 12 months.

Source: Merrill Lynch

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