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>>herber+(OP)
It's pretty hard as an indicator to miss this, considering that it's one of the very rare times a government loudly and proudly declares it's going to intentionally cause a recession.

>>former+o3
A lot of supporters of the trade restrictions don't care. They're working people who don't own a lot of stocks and all they've seen is their jobs sent overseas.

To them, it doesn't even matter if things get "worse" for a while. Their life is already meeting every economic headwind imaginable.

>>bill_j+W5
The unemployment rate is near historic lows. Apparently there’s plenty of jobs going round.

Not that that’s going to last if actual economic headwinds hit the economy.

>>jgilia+09
labour participation rate is the number you want to be looking at - unemployment excludes people who have given up looking

anectdotally, you dont see people dropping out of universities en masse because businesses are desperate for workers and willing to make it worth students while to put off or skip the education.

you see that in and out in tech/software dev, but not across industries