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Richard L. Hanna: the labor participation rate is pretty well at an historic low. And if we took that into consideration based on the…

On the recordJanuary 9, 2014
the labor participation rate is pretty well at an historic low. And if we took that into consideration based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the actual unemployment rate would be closer to someplace between 10 and 11, closer to 11 percent.
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Richard L. Hanna
New York

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Hanna highlights the low labor participation rate affecting unemployment statistics.

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