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March 2008

Household survey indicators weaken in 2007

James Marschall Borbely

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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