Count the Pretend Self Employed, and UE rate drops to 4.1% (in Maine)

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http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.cfm?ID=425995


Maine's relatively low unemployment rate of 4.1 percent in June may present "a much rosier employment picture than it is in actuality," because the state's Department of Labor uses the unusual accounting technique of including self-employed people in its employment statistics