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Jerome Powell

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Is There a Higher Unemployment Rate?

The theory of raising interest rates is that it will decrease economic activity and increase unemployment. But you've been increasing interest rates for a while and unemployment is now at a record low. So what's wrong with the theory? Why is unemployment not going higher? Well, the labor market is strong because the economy is strong.

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