Economy

Fed official brushes off disappointing jobs report

By Joseph Lawler
Published May 6, 2016 6:32pm ET
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Fed official brushes off disappointing jobs report
"I wouldn't put a lot of weight on it in terms of how it would affect my economic outlook," said Federal Reserve Bank of New York president William Dudley. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) | Richard Drew

A top Federal Reserve official downplayed the disappointing jobs report for April in comments published Friday afternoon, suggesting that the numbers won’t affect his own plans for monetary policy.

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