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NewsFlash: January 24, 2007

Recent low employment rates reflect weak economy

Analysis in today’s Snapshot, by EPI economist Sylvia Allegretto, shows that the low
employment rates which occurred in the recent business cycle were due to a weak economy,
not a changing preference for work as some have speculated.

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