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1. Yellen said the unemployment rate, which fell to 6.2% in February, was overstating the improvement

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Fri Mar 5, 2021, 09:35 PM

Mar 2021

in the labor force because it does not count the 4 million people who have stopped looking for work and have dropped out of the job market. She said the real unemployment rate is 10%. 47 mins ago

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Yellen said the unemployment rate, which fell to 6.2% in February, was overstating the improvement elleng Mar 2021 #1