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Ben Bernanke: “The historical experience is that the labor market tends to lag the business cycle.”

On the recordJune 2, 2009
The historical experience is that the labor market tends to lag the business cycle.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke explains that unemployment often remains high even as the economy recovers.

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