ECONOMIC UPDATE: Jobs, Shutdown & Reality
The U.S. job market is slowing, but resilient. Non-farm payrolls (additions or subtractions to jobs available in the marketplace) - a coincident indicator - has decreased in recent years. The unemployment rate - another coincident indicstor - stands at 4.3%. Thankfully, initial jobless claims - a leading indicator - are at relative lows. Combining these points, we can see that the U.S. has increasingly remained at full employment, that is, a 4-6% unemployment rate.
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