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The civilian labor force participation rate declined by 0.2 percentage
point to 62.8 percent in December, offsetting a change of the same
magnitude in November. In December, the employment-population ratio was
unchanged at 58.6 percent. The labor force participation rate declined by
0.8 percentage point over the year, while the employment-population ratio
was unchanged. (See table A-1.)

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If you look at table A-1
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t01.htm
the non seasonally adjusted numbers show that 638,000 were dropped from the civilian labor force.

If you look at table B-1,
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
the non seasonally adjusted figures show a loss of 246,000 jobs. Through the magic of the birth and death model and seasonal adjustment that become +74,000.


Real unemployment from shadowstats