Back when I started reporting on the economy 20 years ago, there was a simple rule of thumb for the health of the labor market: The economy needed to create about 150,000 net jobs every month to keep the unemployment rate steady.
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Back when I started reporting on the economy 20 years ago, there was a simple rule of thumb for the health of the labor market: The economy needed to create about 150,000 net jobs every month to keep the unemployment rate steady.