The exception has been unemployment, typically a lagging indicator, which last week remained at an elevated 9.5%.

但失率率一直是个例外，这通常是个滞后指标，上周失业率仍居9.5%高位。

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Since jobs (and incomes) are a lagging indicator, the unemployment rate will probably surpass 10 percent this year and remain above 9 percent well into next year.

由于就业率(和收入)成为一个滞后的指标，失业率将有可能在今年超过10%，并在明年保持在9%以上。

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True, the unemployment rate is a lagging indicator.

诚然，失业率是一个滞后指标。

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And we also know that the Fed relies on the lagging economic indicator of unemployment, rather than forward-looking price signals, to set policy.

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