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Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 6:15 AM
How Unemployment Expectations Will Affect Interest Rates
The natural unemployment rate is defined as the level that neither accelerates nor decelerates inflation. The Fed thinks it's around 5%, but some economists think this has increased to around 7%. According to this Bloomberg article there's concern that this could cause the Fed to keep rates low for too long.
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