On the recordMarch 8, 2011
The unemployment rate is 8.8 percent. When you consider the underemployed and those who have stopped looking for work, the real unemployment rate is actually much higher, at 16.2 percent.
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Shelby highlights the true unemployment rate and economic challenges.
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