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Household survey indicators weaken in 2007
James Marschall Borbely
Economist, Division of Labor Force Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: borbely.james@bls.gov
Household survey data show that, in 2007, unemployment rose, employment growth slowed, and the labor force participation rate and employment–population ratio trended down; the data also show that earnings grew faster than inflation over the year.
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