February 2, 2015 - KEY TAKEAWAYS

This week we examine how the U.S. economy in 1985 compares with 2015, focusing on factors such as the pace of the current economic expansion, the political balance in Washington, consumer sentiment, and the role of the Fed’s monetary policy.

Other measures of the health of the labor market—hiring rates, the quit rate, the unemployment rate, and most importantly, wages—still show that the labor market is not yet back to normal.

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