“Unemployment claims hit 8½-year low”: interpret with caution

Journal Article

Abstract: An unemployment statistic based on unemployment insurance is less useful because it does not measure unemployment itself.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: Economic Synopses

Publication Date: 2014

Issue: 20

Order Number: 1-2