Nearly 25% of Americans are now 'functionally unemployed' — the 'harsh reality' of it The unemployment rate in the U.S. ...
A low unemployment rate typically signals that an economy is generally healthy. The unemployment rate in the U.S. remained near a 50-year-low in April 2025 at 4.2% — plus, American employers added 177,000 jobs in April despite the uncertainty of Trump’s …