The number of people at work is generally closely related to whether an economy is growing at a reasonable rate Back in the depths the global financial crisis in 2009, the International Labour Office ...

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The number of people at work is generally closely related to whether an economy is growing at a reasonable rate At the peak of the worldwide recession that began in 2008, the International Labor ...