A closer look
Almost every day the media announces the state and federal unemployment rates. These rates are composite rates for workers in the public and private sectors. To be more accurate, separate rates should be published for each sector. I believe this would illustrate a shockingly disproportionate percentage of the unemployed.
Robert W. Kuechenberg
Palatine
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