How many missing jobs (a FRED question): Suppose the U.S. unemployment  rate in the most recent month had been 10% instead of its actual value.  How many fewer people would have been working (assuming the labor  force remained the same)?

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How many missing jobs (a FRED question): Suppose the U.S. unemployment 
rate in the most recent month had been 10% instead of its actual value. 
How many fewer people would have been working (assuming the labor 
force remained the same)?

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