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“There is still room for interpretation. According to the government’s new report, a measure of the poverty rate that accounts for the impact of government programs fell to 9.1 percent of the population last year, from 11.8 percent in 2019. But the official rate, which leaves out some major aid programs, rose last year to 11.4 percent. (The difference between the measures was once a plotline in ‘The West Wing.’)”