Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Conversations With the Fed - Decoding Today's Confounding Labor Market
September 16, 2026
September 16, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 16 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following news on Sept. 15, 2026:
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Is the "low-hire, low-fire" U.S. job market resilient or stagnant ... or both at once? What wage and hiring trends are obscured behind today's low and steady unemployment rate?
Minneapolis Fed economists Amanda Michaud and Simon Mongey look beyond the first-cut employment statistics to read the landscape for workers a . . .
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Is the "low-hire, low-fire" U.S. job market resilient or stagnant ... or both at once? What wage and hiring trends are obscured behind today's low and steady unemployment rate?
Minneapolis Fed economists Amanda Michaud and Simon Mongey look beyond the first-cut employment statistics to read the landscape for workers a . . .