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New Labor Statistics Report Hints At Improved Economy In 2019

By Steve Goldstein
Published: Friday, January 4, 2019 - 12:23pm
Updated: Friday, January 4, 2019 - 1:14pm
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The last Bureau of Labor Statistics report of 2018 came out on Friday — and the news is pretty good.

The numbers added a twist to the current economic story, beating back forecasts predicting doom and gloom. So is this an outlier report or are we headed for a rosy 2019?

For this, The Show turned to Elise Gould, senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C.

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