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On the recordFebruary 23, 2015
However, one alternative measure that seems to fully capture a better sense of labor force participation is the U6 measure that lists total unemployed and underemployed at 11.3 percent as of January 2015.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby discusses alternative unemployment metrics to better understand labor force participation.

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