Kenan Institute Chief Economist Gerald Cohen discussed the 517,000 jobs that employers added in January during the institute’s monthly economic briefing Feb. 3, calling it a “humdinger” of a report. Cohen also answered questions from the press on where the workers to fill those jobs are coming from and whether the Fed will bump up its next interest rate increase.

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