When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor
From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics came out with its Employment Situation report today. The unemployment rate stayed the same at 10.0%, but 85,000 jobs were lost in December. Here are the basics of the report:
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