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Don’t Bank on a Pause, The Streaming Wars, and San Francisco the New Detroit? 5/5/23

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The Importance of the 3.4% Unemployment Rate

The April jobs report came in way better than expected, especially in certain areas. The unemployment rate sliding to 3.4% back to that lowest level since 1969. Average hourly earnings more than expected up half a percent. So if good news like this is supposed to keep the Fed in tightening mode, well, why are the banks taking it so well today? Let's ask Diane Swank and Steve Leisman.

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