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Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen has expressed a desire to maintain lower interest rates for longer, even with the unemployment rate about as low as the Fed thinks it can go, to bring discouraged workers back into the job hunt and into positions. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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Economy might need only 50,000 jobs per month, Fed bank finds

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Kanockwa Horton, left, from Stone Mountain and Jacqueline Merritt, from Atlanta are first in line at the Airport Community Job Fair, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, in Atlanta. Hundreds of applicants were in line before the 10 a.m. opening. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Economy

Jobless claims rise more than expected to 260,000

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Forecasters in the private sector had expected a modest uptick in the jobless claims to 254,000. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Economy

Jobless claims hit lowest level since 1973

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There were just 1.3 jobless workers for every advertised job opening in November, the Department of Labor announced Tuesday, a level not seen before this year in 16 years. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Economy

Job creation at slowest pace since December

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Forty-seven percent of men ages 25-54 say they take pain medication, and two-thirds of it is prescribed. (iStock Photo)
Economy

Study: Nearly half of working-age men out of labor force take daily pain meds

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Private-sector forecasters had expected claims to decline slightly after being driven higher the past two weeks by big snowstorms on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Economy

Underemployment hasn’t improved since February

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The construction industry has essentially stopped adding jobs even as the rest of the economy has continued to generate jobs at a pace more than sufficient to keep the unemployment rate trending down. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Economy

Construction job creation has stalled since the spring

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September's job creation fell just short of expectations. Economists in the private sector had expected payroll job growth to rise to 168,000. (Sam VarnHagen/Ford Motor Co. via AP)
Economy

Job creation falls just short of expectations in September at 156,000, unemployment at 5 percent

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Economists in the private sector had projected that jobless claims would rise just slightly to 256,000. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Economy

Jobless claims plumb lowest levels since 1973 in good sign for US

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The jobless claims are closely watched by economists because they send a frequently updated signal about the health of the labor market. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Economy

Jobless claims hover at ultra-low 254,000

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