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US jobs report: Unemployment rise may mean recession, rule says, but likely not this time
The economy seems to be on solid footing, with the nation’s gross domestic product and employment both notching healthy gains recently. Yet if Friday’s jobs report reveals that the unemployment rate last month inched up from 4.1% to 4.2% - still a historically low figure - the U.S., by one measure, will be in the early stages of a recession. Stay calm. Most economists say the measure - called the Sahm rule – probably doesn’t apply this time because of the unprecedented ways the pandemic upended the economy and labor market. Still, a 4.2% jobless rate in Friday’s report could roil stocks and signal further ... (full story)
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