If Jobs Data Is So Good, Why Do We Feel So Bad?: Opinion Wrap

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Today’s Agenda

• Jobs data makes the rounds.
• Medicaid cuts hurt small towns.
• Oil sanctions made by clowns.
• Inflation is as bad as it sounds.

As Good As It Gets?

Today was Jobs Day, which is weird, because it’s not the first Friday of the month. It’s the first Thursday of the month, but since tomorrow is a federal holiday — happy 249th birthday, Uncle Sam! — we got the data a day early. Jonathan Levin — and nearly every other Fed-watcher on the planet ...