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On the recordJune 21, 2023
Using something like the Black unemployment as a way we determine Fed decisions is just as discriminatory as using only the Asian unemployment would be
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott warns against using racial unemployment metrics in Federal Reserve decisions.

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