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Carolyn Maloney: “Under the leadership of President Obama the unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, close to current estimates of what…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2015
Under the leadership of President Obama the unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, close to current estimates of what economists call its 'natural rate.'
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney highlights the low unemployment rate during Obama's presidency.

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