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Assessing the economy's recent progress: remarks at the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Maine, November 15, 2016


Abstract: Speaking in Maine, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren described how the U.S. economy has continued to gradually improve. He cited October payroll employment growth of 161,000 jobs and the unemployment rate at 4.9 percent as evidence that the economy is at or close to most economists' estimates of \"full employment.\"

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Part of Series: Speech

Publication Date: 2016-11-15

Number: 112