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On the recordJuly 15, 2014
The existence of such a large pool of partly unemployed workers is a sign that labor conditions are worse than indicated by the unemployment rate.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen discusses the misleading nature of the unemployment rate.

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