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Janet Yellen: “Our economic recovery is on track. We are averaging half-a-million new jobs per month since January.”

On the recordNovember 30, 2021
Our economic recovery is on track. We are averaging half-a-million new jobs per month since January.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen reports positive job growth and economic recovery metrics.

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