Economist Betsey Stevenson breaks down the gender gap in recent hiring reports

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Right: Trump team threatened alma mater to bury his deepest insecurity: biographer — www.rawstory.com
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Source: www.npr.org · Section: headlines · Bias: Left · Published: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:47:09 GMT

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected last month and unemployment ticked up to 4.2%. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Michigan.