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Joseph Lawler is the policy editor for the Washington Examiner, having previously been an economics reporter. Before joining the Washington Examiner, he worked for RealClearPolicy. He is a native of Massachusetts and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, people check out opportunities during a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. U.S. employers added 169,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent, the lowest in nearly five years, according to the Labor Department, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.
Economy

Hires rise to highest level in 17 years

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Employment boom forces Republicans and Democrats to rethink economic policy
Economy

Employment boom forces Republicans and Democrats to rethink economic policy

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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney listens during a meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
Economy

Mick Mulvaney elevates former House aide to deputy role at CFPB

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Deficit rises to $607 billion for first three quarters of the year
Economy

Deficit rises to $607 billion for first three quarters of the year

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks during a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enrollment ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Republicans want to channel momentum from the GOP's victory on taxes into a push to overhaul the nation's welfare programs, though some of President Donald Trump's advisers prefer a less controversial infrastructure plan at the top of his agenda.
Economy

Fed study: Tax cut won’t live up to ‘optimistic’ growth projections

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Leandra English (pictured left) who was elevated to interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by its outgoing director, suffered an initial loss Tuesday when U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly refused a restraining order that would allow her to oust rival acting director claimant Mick Mulvaney (who was appointed by President Trump). (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Obama holdover drops legal claim to take over Trump’s CFPB

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This photo shows the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C.
Economy

Banks get first wave of regulatory relief from Trump-signed law

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(AP Photo/Jeri Clausing)
Economy

Hispanic unemployment hits new record low in June

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A recruiter in the shale gas industry, left, speaks with an attendee of a job fair. Economists have estimated that 195,000 jobs were added last month and that the unemployment rate remained at an 18-year low of 3.8 percent, according to data provider FactSet.
Economy

June beats expectations with 213,000 new payroll jobs, unemployment at 4 percent

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Customers walk back to their vehicles after shopping at a Toys R Us store.
Economy

Bernie Sanders asks if private equity owners ‘deliberately’ killed Toys ‘R’ Us

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