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Adam Rombel is editor-in-chief of The Mohawk Valley Business Journal. He has been a business reporter, writer, and editor for 14 years, including several years in New York City covering global business news. Contact him at arombel@tmvbj.com
As we begin 2012, an election year, the United States faces many difficult economic and financial issues, even amid recent signs of improvement. The tough issues include national debt of $15.2 trillion and rising, 8.5 percent unemployment that would be even higher if the labor force was growing, flat wage growth, and rising levels of poverty.
A couple weeks back, the news headlines shouted that the national unemployment rate had declined to 8.6 percent in November from 9 percent the prior month.
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