
Tomas Philipson advocates for Fed rate cuts despite mixed jobs report
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Tomas Philipson, a University of Chicago economist and former acting chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, analyzes the jobs report, advising caution with single-month data. He highlights strong performance in the services sector, making it difficult to reconcile a troubled economy, and suggests the Federal Reserve should be cutting rates due to higher oil prices and a sluggish economy, despite current market expectations.