Parsing the Jobs Numbers for Signs of a Soft Landing for the Economy

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When it comes to the economy, the best result for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — and for that matter, President Joe Biden — would be something that’s known as a Goldilocks outcome: Not so hot that it stokes inflation and not too cool that it presages a recession.