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On the recordMarch 13, 2012
If these groups were counted, the real unemployment rate would be 14.9 percent.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Shelby argues that the official unemployment rate underestimates the true level of unemployment.

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