"If not for all the people who have simply dropped out of the labor force, the real unemployment rate would be closer to 11 per cent"

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Unemployment drops below 8 per cent for first time in nearly four years prompting accusations of a fix weeks ahead of the election

By TOBY HARNDEN

PUBLISHED: 08:23 EST, 5 October 2012

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