Jerome Powell actually said...

Full employment is not sort of a precise concept in our thinking, in my thinking, and I think a number of indicators would suggest that we are at or around full employment.

Context

Powell discusses the ambiguity of the term 'full employment' in relation to current labor market indicators.

11/27/2017

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