The Fed thought it was seeing a ‘solid’ jobs market. Turns out that was just an illusion.
At the end of July, Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell said “the labor market’s solid — historically low unemployment†after the central bank declined to cut interest rates. The labor market doesn’t look so “solid†just five weeks later.
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