Expected hiring “boom” fizzles out for states that stopped extra unemployment benefits

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States that did away with $300 weekly unemployment benefits did so with the expectation that the loss of extra money would get more people to re-enter the workforce. That hasn’t happened. We talk about the Fed and inflation, and then we hear a listener tell the story of Pearl Paint, the New York art supply store that unified an artistic community.

Aired July 28, 2021

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