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Jerry Moran: “If the official unemployment rate accounted for these 'discouraged' workers, the real unemployment would be 13.9…”

On the recordJune 5, 2013
If the official unemployment rate accounted for these 'discouraged' workers, the real unemployment would be 13.9 percent.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Moran emphasizes the impact of discouraged workers on unemployment statistics.

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