There's also labour participation and underemployment to look at.
In your case underemployment would go up.
You need to look at all metrics together to get a bigger picture. Example is unemployment is down, but so is labour participation. That doesn't mean there was job growth, it means people stopped looking.
Or if unemployment is down, but underemployment is up. Similar picture emerges.
In your case underemployment would go up.
You need to look at all metrics together to get a bigger picture. Example is unemployment is down, but so is labour participation. That doesn't mean there was job growth, it means people stopped looking.
Or if unemployment is down, but underemployment is up. Similar picture emerges.