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Grain storage bins on a rural highway in Ottumwa, Iowa. Ottumwa has about 1,000 unemployed people — those seeking work, but out of a job. That's an unemployment rate of about 8.5 percent, nearly double the national average. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Job creation in January proved stronger than expected. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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First jobs report of Trump era: 227,000 new jobs, unemployment 4.8 percent

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Business forecasters had expected jobless claims to ease back down to around 254,000. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Jobless claims drop to 246,000 in first week of Trump administration

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President thinks Labor Dept. should use rate that includes people who are not looking for jobs but who might. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Economy

Trump mulls changing official unemployment rate

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Jobless claims are running at a 44-year low

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Private-sector forecasters had projected that jobless claims would edge up from 247,000 the week before to 255,000, seasonally-adjusted. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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Jobless claims are running at the lowest rate in 44 years

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The Department of Labor reported Thursday morning the number of new claims for unemployment benefits in the first week of 2017 (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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Jobless claims edge up to 247,000, still very low

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There were just 1.3 jobless workers for every advertised job opening in November, the Department of Labor announced Tuesday, a level not seen before this year in 16 years. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Unemployed workers per job opening falls to lowest level since 2001

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Since September 2015, the labor force has swelled by nearly 3 million, and the participation rate has ticked up by 0.3 percentage points despite the thousands of boomers retiring every day. (M. Spencer Green/AP Images)
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Trump could preside over years of falling unemployment rates

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Job growth has slowed year-over-year, but in recent months it has still been more than enough to keep the unemployment rate trending down. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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2016 saw the slowest job creation since 2012

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