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Michael McKee is near the Bay of Fundy. He's like in another time zone. He's so

Canadian in Maine. He's at Camp Kotak of course. And his first interview is an important interview. Here's

Michael McKee with a guy formerly at the Atlanta Fed and now with Cumberland

advisors Robert Eisenbyse on jobs.

Bob, the jobs report on Friday.

How key is it to a Fed that seems to be unsure about whether they want to raise rates or

not?

Well, I think they would like to see a positive number, a bigger number,

more consistent with what they saw the most recent release

as opposed to the 38,000, I think, that will provide at least some sense then of what

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