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February 7, 2011

Jobless Rate Drops as 200,000 Unemployed Workers Drop Out of Labor Force 
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The U.S. official unemployment rate dipped to nine percent in January,
but only 36,000 new jobs were added to the economy. The only reason the
level dropped was because the number of unemployed workers who have
given up looking for work rose by 200,000 to 2.8 million. These former
workers are no longer considered part of the labor force and are not
counted in the unemployment rate.



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