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Don't underreact to one bad jobs report

Let's get the economy moving again

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May 12, 2021
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When something like Friday’s disappointing jobs report happens, everyone publishes their takes online and also back-channels some slightly different takes to folks like me. And I would say the dominant back-channel sentiment about Democratic Party policymakers is that they don’t think we should overreact to a single month’s jobs report, especially becau…

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