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Ben Bernanke: “The unemployment rate right now is not a very good measure by itself of the economy.”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
The unemployment rate right now is not a very good measure by itself of the economy.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Bernanke critiques the unemployment rate as a misleading indicator of economic recovery.

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