Unemployment Rate: What's the Worst That Could Happen?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR41ViMp3yTt89GxVpeBJ1JFV8qoMnS7xatrmu-bZCBlHqE2gjeQwpMmQ0mpLOlAuq8K8r9zyN75Z1aifx1A9PjUQyXDZ_rdxr5VN8xZhM0NydPDW710ctPrQ4p3sBoY0ZSf3bW3kTQ_g/s1600/Unemployment+Rate.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR41ViMp3yTt89GxVpeBJ1JFV8qoMnS7xatrmu-bZCBlHqE2gjeQwpMmQ0mpLOlAuq8K8r9zyN75Z1aifx1A9PjUQyXDZ_rdxr5VN8xZhM0NydPDW710ctPrQ4p3sBoY0ZSf3bW3kTQ_g/s320/Unemployment+Rate.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><b>October 17, 2013</b><br /><a href="https://mninews.marketnews.com/index.php/chicago-feds-evans-unemp-cld-hit-6-fomc-raises-rates?q=content/chicago-feds-evans-unemp-cld-hit-6-fomc-raises-rates">Chicago Fed's Evans: Unemp Cld Hit 6% Before FOMC Raises Rates</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>WASHINGTON (MNI) - Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said Thursday he could "easily envision certain circumstances in which the unemployment rate could go below 6% before we moved the fed funds rate up."</i></div><br />As seen in the chart above, I could easily envision circumstances in which the unemployment rate never reaches 6%, not that you'd ever hear that from the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President. At least not publicly.<br /><br />This is not investment advice.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=nxm">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

Unemployment Rate: What's the Worst That Could Happen?

Click to enlarge. October 17, 2013 Chicago Fed's Evans: Unemp Cld Hit 6% Before FOMC Raises Rates WASHINGTON (MNI) - Chicago Federal Res...

Read more »