IMF WEO Spring 2011: Unemployment

IMF WEO Spring 2011: Unemployment (latest unemployment rate minus six-year average before the crisis)

Unemployment rate modified for the 'normal' unemployment rate, which gives cyclical unemployment.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/c1/fig1_19.pdf

AR: Argentina; AU: Australia; BR: Brazil; CA: Canada; CN: China; DE: Germany; EU: euro area; FR: France; GB: United Kingdom; ID: Indonesia; IT: Italy; JP: Japan; KR: Korea; MX: Mexico; RU: Russia; TR: Turkey; US: United States; ZA: South Africa.


Conclusion: the United States unemployment rate is relatively high.