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Unemployment Rate Drops, But Numbers Don’t Tell the Whole Story
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Unemployment drop looks like good news, but read between the lines, writes Zachary Karabell.
Zachary Karabell
Published
Jan. 6 2012
9:57AM EST
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Zachary Karabell
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