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Tom Cotton: While our unemployment rate is a bit of good news at 4.1 percent and jobless claims seem to be continuing to trend…

On the recordFebruary 28, 2018
While our unemployment rate is a bit of good news at 4.1 percent and jobless claims seem to be continuing to trend downward, it is somewhat surprising, given those economic conditions, that over the last year labor force participation continued to decline.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton highlights the paradox of low unemployment and declining labor force participation.

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