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Feb 2024
1h 5m

Jaw Dropping January Jobs (Redux)

Moody's Analytics
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Dante joins the podcast to break down the January employment report. Fitting for Groundhog’s Day, the jobs report delivered an eerily similar upside surprise to what we saw in January 2023. Following the January meeting of the FOMC this week, the team discusses what the Fed is likely to do in light of recent data. 
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