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							<title><![CDATA['Liberation Day' Will Only Bring More Chaos From Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-liberation-day-tariffs-us-economy-rcna198940</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Boushey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reckless and indiscriminate tariffs will do nothing to bring back U.S. manufacturing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Young Should Care About Social Security]]></title>
							<link>http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/12/29/omg_social_security/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Boushey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[IF YOU watch the political debates in Washington, you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d think that the future of Social Security matters only to today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s retirees. But the Social Security'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s future solvency is most germane to the 40-and-under crowd.The President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Deficit Commission reports that in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unemployed Shouldn't Be a Political Football]]></title>
							<link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/48135-1.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Boushey</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Unemployed American workers enter the second half of this year with little or no assistance from Congress in coping with the continuing ravages of the Great Recession. The conservatives in Congress who are blocking efforts to extend unemployment benefits to those out of work and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Job Prospects Remain Dim for Millions of Workers]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/03/job_prospects_remain_dim_for_millions_of_workers_98574.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Boushey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The economy shed 263,000 jobs in September, for a total of 7.2 million jobs lost since the recession began in December 2007. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also revised its employment estimates downward for July by 28,000 jobs and for August by 13,000 jobs. The pace of job losses has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Good Job is Hard to Find]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/09/05/a_good_job_is_hard_to_find_98172.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Boushey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The latest U.S. jobs figures reveal that the unemployment rate shot up to 9.7 percent in August, with job losses continuing, but at a more moderate pace than last winter. In August, the economy shed 216,000 jobs, about a third as many as had been let go in the winter months during the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fed Doesn't See Any Green Shoots]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/26/the_fed_doesnt_see_any_green_shoots_97182.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Boushey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Federal Open Market Committee met this week and as expected left interest rates alone. What is more interesting, however, is the Fed's insistence that "inflation will remain subdued for some time" and that they continue "to anticipate that economic conditions are likely to warrant...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unemployed and Staying That Way]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/05/09/unemployedand_staying_that_way_96420.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Boushey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The pace of job losses has leveled off but the unemployment rate continued to rise rapidly in April. While employers have stopped shedding workers at an accelerating rate, the sheer number of unemployed workers continues to accelerate and the overall jobs picture remains grim. Long-term...]]></description>
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