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Unemployment involves hardship for those who are seeking but cannot find work and can be signal of a national economic recession. While unemployment numbers have improved as the economy slowly recovers from the recession, many are still out of work. Brookings experts examine what unemployment numbers mean for the state of the economy, and discuss the role the government should play in helping the unemployed get back to work.

Reuters/Rick Wilking - A job seeker talks to an exhibitor at the Colorado Hospital Association health care career fair in Denver April 9, 2013.

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Steady Employment Gains Offer Sign of Continued Expansion

June 7, 2013, Gary Burtless

While the unemployment rate ticked up, the slow but steady pace of job growth that's been seen since March 2010 continues into May 2013 writes Gary Burtless, giving reason for both administration economists and financial traders to breathe a sigh of relief as the nation steadily moves towards closing the job gap.

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