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Yields on U.S. government debt have seen big swings over the past two days, as the latest round of nongovernment data on the labor market has left investors scratching their heads.

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She acknowledged that the labor market has cooled, a trend that typically calls for lower interest rates.

Even as his own friends were dragged off in the night by the secret police, declared “enemies of the people,” and shipped to slave labor camps, Khrushchev continued to praise his boss.

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Thursday’s Challenger, Gray & Christmas data added to a recent collage of disappointing readings on the labor market, just as investors were missing out on the Labor Department’s official jobs numbers for the second straight month.

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What’s more, his policies that restrict the supply of goods and labor, such as tariffs and mass deportations, make the problem worse.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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