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Title: Over 50, Female and Jobless Even as Others Return to Work Author: Patricia Cohen Source: New York Times

*Date:* Jan 4, 2016

*Summary: *The latest signs of an improving economy were good enough to help persuade the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/17/business/economy/fed-interest-rates.html?_r=0. But the better job market is not good enough to land Chettie McAfee a job.

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