Is Fed behind the curve? As unemployment rises in US, worries mount

Unemployment rose to 4.3% in July, up from 4.1% previously, as hiring slowed sharply. The labor market cracks have given sudden urgency to concerns that the Fed has waited too long to begin cutting rates — and that it might be falling behind, allowing the job market to slow in a way that will be hard to stall or reverse.

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