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The invisible jobless.htm


From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 18:09:35 -0400


From: "Bosley, John - BLS" <Bosley.John () bls gov>
To: "Dave Farber (E-mail)" <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: The invisible jobless.htm
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 16:48:02 -0400
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Hi Dave--

A Boston Globe article about a factor in computing the "unemployment rate"
that folks should be aware of when interpreting the data. You have to be
looking for a job to be counted as "unemployed." If you include folks like
this fellow, the rate's not going down all that much.

John Bosley

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