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How Long-Term Unemployment Is Rewriting the Inflation Story
The May jobs report is out Friday, but Lucas and Luna dig past the headline number into a quieter crisis: long-term unemployment is surging even as inflation moderates. They unpack why workers who've been jobless for 27 weeks or more are getting left behind, how that shifts bargaining power away from labor, and what it means for the Fed's next move. With the S&P 500 down nearly 3% this week and gold sliding, the hosts connect the dots between a softening labor market and a disinflationary pulse that may finally give the Fed cover to cut rates. Specific data points include the…
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