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Immigration and unemployment

Immigration and unemployment

How does the influx of immigrants affect US jobs numbers?

Unhedged · Financial Times & Pushkin Industries

September 26, 202419m 8s

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Show Notes

When discussing the economy after the interest rate cuts last week, chair of the US Federal Reserve Jay Powell made an interesting comment about jobs numbers and immigration. “If you are having millions of people come into the labour force, and you are creating 100,000 jobs, you’re going to see unemployment go up,” he said. Well, mostly. Today on the show, the entire staff of the Unhedged newsletter – Rob Armstrong and Aiden Reiter – get together to discuss how immigration might be affecting unemployment. Also, they go long and short China’s new stimulus programmes. 


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