Conflicting Macro Data Causes Severe Headaches for the BoE GDP data showed an improving economy… Last week it looked like the U.K. economy had shaken off the shallow...
Weapons, Wine, and Beauty Products: The French Economy is Hot The French economy is doing well I recently discussed how the Eurozone is currently experiencing a reversal of fortunes....
Steering Through Challenges In a shift from the recent trend of a steadying labor market, Canada’s job market experienced a setback in...
How Strong is Too Strong? The U.S. labor market added an impressively strong 303,000 net new jobs in March. The unemployment rate fell slightly...
Immigration Unexpectedly Thwarts the Population Time Bomb A population time bomb has been heralded as imminent for many years. Proponents of the theory forecast steep and...
The UK is in the Midst of a White-Collar Recession Even as the U.K. economy experienced a very shallow economic contraction last year, the labor market continued to add...
Canada Weathers the Winter Employment Storm Canada’s labor market and broader economy have been teetering on the edge of recession for several months. However, the...
No “Landing” For High-Flying Job Market The U.S. labor market continues to defy gravity: with 275,000 net new jobs in February (beating expectations once again)...
The Unexpected Wage Compression Low-wage workers have seen faster wage gains since the beginning of the pandemic. Two factors have played into this:...
The Divide Between Graduates’ Aspirations and Industry Demand Job seekers have grown more optimistic about their prospects within the past years, evidenced by the rise of trends...
The U.K. Slipped Into Recession: What Does That Mean for the Labor Market? Outperforming expectations but underperforming peers While the U.K. economy has vastly outperformed growth expectations set last year, it needs...
How Would We Know if a State is in a Recession? Since economists already have trouble identifying recessions at the national level, knowing whether a state is in a downturn...
Canada’s Labor Market Takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back After a poor start to the year, the labor market in Canada surprisingly bounced back, adding 37,300 new jobs...
Jobs Market Starts the Year Off With a Bang! The U.S. jobs market started off the new year with a bang! In January, the labor market once again...
Post-Brexit, the UK is Becoming a Service Export Superpower! What are service exports? One of the fundamental changes economies have been going through over the last century is...
The Rise of the Centaur Worker: ChatGPT’s Impact on the Jobs Market How will ChatGPT affect the U.S. labor market in 2024 and beyond? The explosively popular generative AI chatbot was...
New Year, New Problems for Canada’s Economy Usually, the new year brings in a renewed sense of optimism and excitement. For those watching Canada’s economy at...
2024 US Labor Market Outlook: Moving to Beige (Stable and Boring) What can we expect from the U.S. labor market going into 2024? Beige. Yes, beige, the boring color. ...
UK Outlook: Exceeding Expectations but… Stagnating? There is considerable uncertainty about the unemployment data As I explained earlier this year, the Office for National Statistics...
Eurozone 2024 Outlook: Monetary Policy in the Driver’s Seat Inflation is falling faster than anticipated The Eurozone was one of the regions affected the most by the energy...