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Underemployment

According to a Labor Department report the nation's unemployment edged up one-tenth of a percent in March, but the report also suggests that the economy is still growing slowly, but faster than at the end of last year. Regardless of the positive indications, Commentator Jack Beatty (BEE-tee) says no one should be satisfied with the state of the economy.

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