Unemployment in the United States has always and will always be a main topic of discussion. It receives the most media coverage, which in turn can scare the American people. Demand for goods in our economy controls the unemployment rate in the United States.This essay discusses the various definitions of unemployment and what is considered employed or unemployed. The specific types of unemployment that will be discussed are frictional, structural and cyclical. It also elaborates how the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts their finding to present a certain percentage of Americans that are unemployed. However, not every American is documented as unemployed or employed, they are considered the missing workers. The percentage of missing workers
