Claim: As the Obama administration basked in the news that the unemployment rate in January dipped to a three-year low of 8.3 percent, Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich threw a wet blanket on the announcement. Romney said the "real unemployment rate" was actually 15 percent, and Gingrich said that when you include people who have simply given up on trying to find a job, the rate "jumps up to about 12 percent." Is the unemployment rate not the real unemployment rate?
Fact-check: What's the 'Real' Jobless Rate? - FactCheck.org
Verdict: as the obama administration basked in the news that the unemployment rate in january dipped to a three-year low of 8.3 percent, republicans mitt romney and newt gingrich threw a wet blanket on the announcement. romney said the "real unemployment rate" was actually 15 percent, and gingrich said that when you include people who have simply given up on trying to find a job, the rate "jumps up to about 12 percent." is the unemployment rate not the real unemployment rate?
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Robert Farley
Date published: 2012-02-10T21:54:15