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Where Donald Trump gets the 9.7% unemployment rate

9 years 11 months ago
Donald Trump's senior economic adviser, David Malpass, likes to use the broader measure of unemployment U6 when talking about the nation's jobless rate. But most economists believe U3 is a more accurate reflection of unemployment. It's been the accepted measure since the 1930s.
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