The unemployment rate, typically a measure of financial hardship, fell to 10.2% in July.
The unemployment rate also doesn't include the share of Americans who dropped out of the labor force because they were discouraged and decided not to look for work, for example.
"That isn't necessarily good, because these are maybe people who are discouraged and would like a job but concluded they can't get one," Woodbury said.Other measures
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