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Episode 23: Reading the Labour Market
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Episode Summary The headline unemployment rate falls from six percent to five and a half, but absolutely nobody found a job. In this episode, John and Jane expose why the single most watched economic indicator can be highly misleading when read in isolation. They break down the three distinct buckets of the working-age population, show how discouraged workers drop out of the math to artificially improve the headline rate, and explain why tracking the participation and employment rates is…
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