Jobs
Fed’s Soft Landing Hinges on Job Market Doing Something Strange
- Fed is counting on a rare rise in labor supply as demand cools
- Forecasters that see US avoiding recession share the same hope
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The Federal Reserve’s hopes for a “soft landing” rest on a rarely occurring phenomenon: Unemployment will rise not because workers lose their jobs, but because more people without jobs start looking for work.