US unemployment
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Yellen's Bet on Pulling Workers Back to the Labor Force Is Paying Off
EghtesadOnline: Even as U.S. unemployment crept lower in recent years, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen stuck with a glacial pace of policy tightening that she justified with a powerful message:…
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U.S. job growth rebounds sharply, unemployment rate falls to 4.4 percent
EghtesadOnline: U.S. job growth rebounded sharply in April and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 percent, near a 10-year low, pointing to a tightening labor market that likely seals the case…
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From two would-be Fed leaders, the central bank needs to change
EghtesadOnline: Unemployment is at a decade low, the American economy is growing, and inflation is nowhere in sight, yet for two leading candidates to head the Federal Reserve, the central bank…
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Boston Fed's Rosengren maps case for a dove's rate hike
EghtesadOnline: By the middle of next year, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren says he expects unemployment to fall to 4.7 percent and inflation to beat the Fed's 2 percent…