They also expect job gains to average 102,000 per month for the whole of 2023, up from 76,000 in December, and unemployment rising to 4.3% by the fourth quarter, down from the 4.5% that was expected.
Even as they expect the nation to slide into a mild recession this year, most economists think unemployment could peak at just 4.9% — a historically low level.
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