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September 26, 2023

Why the US job market has defied rising interest rates and expectations of high unemployment

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON — Last year's spike in inflation, to the highest level in four decades, was painful enough for American households. Yet the cure — much higher interest rates, to cool spending and hiring — was expected to bring even more pain.

Grim forecasts from economists had predicted that as the Federal Reserve jacked up its benchmark rate ever higher, consumers and businesses would curb spending, companies would slash jobs and unemployment would spike as high as 7% or more — twice its level when the Fed began tightening credit.


 
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