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What you need to know about today's jobs report

The economy is cooling, quickly

Robert Reich
Oct 07, 2022
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This morning, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on jobs and wages for September. I have to chime in on this because the mainstream media coverage is so awful. The coverage makes it sound as if the economy is bounding ahead, when in fact we’re in the first stages of a major slowdown.

The most important takeaway is that workers co…

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