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Economist explains what the latest jobs report and inflation data means

NPR | By Ayesha Rascoe
Published August 9, 2026 at 8:08 AM CDT

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Jed Kolko of the Peterson Institute for International Economics if he is alarmed by Friday's weaker-than-expected jobs report.

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