What is the current Unemployment Rate? 2. Do Unemployment rates tend to be higher or lower during contractionary economic periods or times of recession? 3. What type of unemployment exists during a recession but not during normal or expansionary economic times? 4. What is the current Labor Force Participation rate? 5 How does the current Labor Force Participation rate compare to the decade of the 1990's? How does the current Labor Force Participation rate compare to pre- COVID ( 2019) 6. The news tends to focus much more on Unemployment rates than Labor Force Participation rates, does that mean the Unemployment rate is the most important ? it important to consider both the Unemployment and Labor Force Participation rates collectively, or can you ignore one or the other