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Fed sees full employment, but a broader gauge of joblessness keeps climbing

The official unemployment rate has fallen to 4.1%, leading the Federal Reserve to focus on inflation. Yet a broader measure of the 'functionally unemployed' — including part-time workers and those earning poverty wages — rose for a fourth straight month in July, reaching 24.9%.

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The official unemployment rate has fallen to 4.1%, leading the Federal Reserve to focus on inflation. Yet a broader measure of the 'functionally unemployed' — including part-time workers and those earning poverty wages — rose for a fourth straight month in July, reaching 24.9%.

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