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InsiderOnline Blog: February 2012

Still No Job Growth

“Even with the better news on employment and the unemployment rate, the percentage of the working age population that is actually working is not rising,” writes John Taylor (“Reassessing the Recovery,” Economics One, February 6, 2012). Taylor’s chart below compares the current recovery with that from 1982, which he says is the best standard for judging a recovery from a deep recession:

Posted on 02/07/12 04:52 PM by Alex Adrianson

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