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US firms optimistic but labour shortages constrain growth: Fed
Published Thu, Jan 18, 2018 · 09:50 PM
Washington
AMERICAN businesses are upbeat about 2018, but more widespread difficulties finding workers are constraining growth for some firms, according to a Federal Reserve survey released on Wednesday.
It seems like a contradiction: the economy is growing so firms are expanding and hiring, but without a supply of readily available workers business cannot grow.
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