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Kevin Brady: the decline in the unemployment rate is largely due to falling labor force participation.

On the recordJanuary 9, 2014
the decline in the unemployment rate is largely due to falling labor force participation.
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Kevin Brady
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Brady points out that the unemployment rate's drop is misleading due to fewer people working.

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