The state-run media reports the October unemployment rate was 7.3 percent, but that number doesn't tell the entire picture. People who have given up looking for work are not counted as "unemployed" by the Labor Dept. When you factor those people in the mix, the real unemployment rate, known by economists as the U-6 number, is 13.8 percent! 

'Real' Unemployment: 13.8% | CNS News