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Federal Reserve officials have been grappling with what it would mean if the economy needs far fewer jobs to keep the unemployment rate steady.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

With fewer disruptions, electrons can travel more freely across the material.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

“If anything, we need additional funding to cover rising costs, not fewer, to maintain our current momentum,” the agency said Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

There are fewer people in the bureau, which has offices dispersed across the country, and they’re trying to tackle the same scale of data as they do in normal times.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

The night shift means fewer calls, two hundred an hour instead of three times that during the day.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse