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§022u. (GAO) Unemployment Rate

GAO Glossary of Terms and Definitions (September 2005)

Unemployment Rate

(Economics Term)

As defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the number of people who do not have jobs but have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks and are currently available for work, expressed as a percentage of the civilian labor force.

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