Why are millions of Americans who are not working excluded from the ‘unemployed’ rate?

President Joe Biden is accused of misleading Americans about unemployment data, but the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics explains that the numbers cited by Biden do not include those who are not actively looking for work.

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