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On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
We are on the order of 35 percent, and that is--of all those unemployed more than 6 months, and that is a very disturbing trend.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen highlights the concerning rate of long-term unemployment.

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