Labor market weakness isn't spreading from the hurricane- affected areas to other areas of the country. We are starting to see hurricane-related claims drop off, and more important for the economic outlook, jobless claims excluding the hurricane effects remain low.

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The strength across all labor-market indicators does suggest the Fed will likely raise rates in March.

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It's definitely a labor market that's generating enough jobs to bring down the unemployment rate over time. That process was interrupted by the hurricanes and appears to be resuming.

Quantitatively, outsourcing abroad simply cannot account for much of the recent weakness in the U.S. labor market and does not appear likely to be an important restraint to further recovery in employment,

— Ben Bernanke

They are likely to acknowledge the firmer data since the January meeting.

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The change from 'likely' to 'may be' takes away any strong signal they'll be raising rates.