Why Is the FOMC So Certain the U.S. Is “Essentially at Full Employment”?

Suppose you had, back in 1992 or 2004 or indeed any other time since 1990 and before 2013, asked a question of Charlie Evans—or, indeed, any of the other non-Neanderthal participants in the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee meetings. Suppose you had asked whether a 25-54 employment-to-population ratio in the United States of today’s … Continue reading Why Is the FOMC So Certain the U.S. Is “Essentially at Full Employment”?