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On the recordApril 4, 2008
You are saying that the duration, the mean, the average duration of unemployment decreased in March of 2008 to 16.2 weeks from 16.8 weeks in the preceding month, and a year ago it was 17.2 weeks.
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Sam Brownback
Republican · Kansas

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Discussing the decrease in average unemployment duration.

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