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Demeter

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16. DEAN BAKER: Economy Adds 321,000 Jobs, Strongest Gain in Almost Three Years BUT!

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 07:07 AM

Dec 2014

...Overall, this is a very positive report, but it still must be understood in the context of the hole created by the downturn. It would take two and half years at this growth rate to restore demographically adjusted pre-recession levels of the employment to population ratio.

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