Is This September Report the October Surprise? Last week, Fed Chair Jay Powell said: “Overall, the economy is in solid shape; we intend to use our...
Will Lower Borrowing Costs Rekindle U.S. Manufacturing Jobs? It’s no secret that the manufacturing sector is facing a slowdown in the U.S. Coming out of the pandemic,...
Germany’s Manufacturing Sector Imperiled by China Shock A China shock is threatening to upend manufacturing in Germany. The original China shock describes the economic hardships experienced...
White-Collar Gloom, Blue-Collar Bloom Following a whirlwind of labor market strength over the past few years, the labor market has cooled down considerably...
Data Revisions Subtract More Than 800,000 Jobs: What Now? Revisions smack down job growth The U.S. economy might have created some 800,000 fewer jobs last year than what...
Is the Skills Gap Getting Worse in the UK? The U.K. labor market remains very tight because of various economic shocks that have negatively affected labor supply. The...
Is the Skills Gap Getting Worse in the UK? The U.K. labor market remains very tight because of various economic shocks that have negatively affected labor supply. The...
The Great Reallocation: Can Worker Churn Explain the Productivity Burst? Sectoral employment shares have fluctuated wildly during the pandemic Remember when COVID-19 first took the world by storm, bringing...
Will Texas be the New California? Texas growth miracle Texas is expanding rapidly. Its economy has been growing at a rate of more than 5%...
U.S. Labor Market Moves From Tight to Balanced The labor market is rapidly shifting from tight to balanced as businesses have scaled back their appetite for hiring....
Latest Jobs Report Reframes the United Kingdom’s Outlook Economic growth in the U.K. has surprised on the upside This week’s employment report showed some good news on...
The Real Deal With Real Wages and Productivity The most popular incorrect chart: The disconnect between pay and productivity The disconnect between economic reality and perceptions seems...
The Labor Market is Slowing, and That’s (Mostly) Okay Despite a heat wave stretching across the United States causing scorching temperatures (including Plam Springs hitting 124 degrees!), June’s...
Climate Change Is Today’s Economic Problem, Not Tomorrow’s Climate change is no longer a distant threat, but a present reality affecting our lives. Its economic impact is...
Can Weight Loss Drugs Boost Economic Growth? The obesity epidemic is spreading The obesity epidemic has become one of the most severe health crises of today....
The Diverging Job Numbers – And Which One is Correct The labor market is the backbone of the U.S. economy, with more than 158 million employed workers. Understanding employment...
May Flowers Bring Job Power: US Economy Beats Projections After a weaker jobs report in April, May’s data completely reversed the trend. The U.S. economy added 272,000 new...
What Kind of Labor Market Awaits Gen Z Graduates? The college graduates crossing the stage this month are the first to completely witness higher education in a post-COVID...
The Minimum Wage has Leveled Pay in the UK Rising inequality no more! The media is full of stories about rising inequality and how things are getting out...
Full-Court Press or Fast Break For Canada’s Labor Market? In March, Canada’s labor market lost 2,200 jobs, potentially showing signs of a labor market recession. This may have...