Why the US job market has defied rising interest rates and expectations of high unemployment
As interest rates have surged, inflation has tumbled to 3.7%. Yet the unemployment rate, at a still-low 3.8%, has scarcely budged since March 2022. WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year’s spike in inflation, to the highest level in four decades, was painful enough for American households. Yet the cure — much higher interest rates, to cool spending…