Why 5.5% Unemployment isn’t as great as it seems

The Labor Department announced Friday, unemployment in the U.S. has dropped to a seven-year low of 5.5%— the level normally considered the mark of a healthy job market. Yet that number isn’t as encouraging as it might sound. The jobless rate fell in February from 5.7% mainly because many people gave up looking for work […]

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