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Expect a rate increase.
A lot of people thinks so — especially supporters of Donald Trump, according to our poll.
That figure is less than what analysts predicted.
You can disagree about the health of the economy, but to say the Bureau of Labor Statistics makes stuff up is baseless.
A far cry from last month's report. But what about the big picture?
Iowa has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation and a sluggish economy.
And maybe some pepper too. We don't actually know how many jobs there are.
Bad news, the unemployment rate is (still) 6.1 percent.
The labor force participation rate (LFPR) hasn’t been this low since the late 1970s.
The unemployment number has to fall further for the Fed to feel it's safe to start withdrawing extraordinary support from the economy.