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The hiring boom following the pandemic has stalled. The U.S. labor market is currently experiencing a white-collar recession.
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The August jobs report features modest employment gains and a decrease in unemployment, but it leaves the Fed in a tough position.
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Recent data revisions point towards a weaker labor market, but data uncertainty is higher than before the pandemic.
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The number of skill-shortage vacancies in the U.K. has surged in recent years, particularly for blue-collar occupations that are affected by Brexit.
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The U.S. labor market experienced a worker reallocation shock during the pandemic, possibly contributing to the productivity boost.
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It's a popular misconception that real wages have stagnated for decades. The data that backs this uses inappropriate inflation data.
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Workers’ health has been deteriorating and economic costs are rising due to the obesity epidemic. Weight loss drugs can help reverse these negative trends.
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Two surveys offer the primary insights into the labor market, but recently, the job numbers they offer have been diverging.
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High interest rates in the Europe have stifled economic growth. High German wage growth is a risk, but the ECB should continue to ease policy.
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After four years of schooling marred by COVID-19, this year’s graduates are entering the workforce. What defines Gen Z’s first labor market?
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According to a new report, the United States continues to be a top destination for international talent seeking opportunities abroad.
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The U.K. has experienced a surge in immigration lately, so we gathered seven facts about the current state of immigration.
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In the U.K., both wages and inflation came in hotter than expected. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate edged up and payroll jobs saw a steep decline, indicating a rapidly weakening labor market.
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The French economy has been outperforming thanks to fashionable exports, favorable demographics, and an attractive investment environment.
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In a shift from the recent trend of a steadying labor market, Canada's job market experienced a setback in March, shedding 2,220 positions.
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The U.S. labor market had another impressive month, but is the enduring growth too strong for the Federal Reserve?
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Advanced economies are facing shrinking workforces. But the recent immigration surge is now throwing off some older population forecasts.
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The U.K.’s economic downturn is currently affecting “sitting-down jobs” much more than “standing-up jobs”. The U.K. labor market is experiencing a white-collar recession.
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The amount of sick leave in Germany can partially explain why Germany’s economy tipped into recession last year.
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After decades of stalling wage gains for the lowest earners, the U.S. is experiencing a dramatic wage compression.
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Couples in different advanced economies face different opportunity costs when it comes to children, creating different pockets of DINKs across the globe.
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Raising kids has become increasingly expensive but not necessarily in the way that you think. Women increasingly choose career over babies – welcome to the DINK phenomenon.
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Despite the robust job market, recent college graduates face greater challenges in securing employment than the rest of the population.
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GDP data confirmed that the UK slipped into recession in the second half of 2023. The BoE needs to reverse course quickly or else face a more severe downturn.
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Pinpointing a national downturn is difficult enough, but knowing whether a state is in a recession or not is even more tricky.
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The Canadian labor market made some impressive employment gains in January, but trouble is still brewing under the surface.
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Though the economy has performed impressively, negative vibes about the future of the economy have persisted. What caused this "vibecession"?
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Will ChatGPT be labor-augmenting or labor-displacing? The technology has the potential to create a new type of laborer: the Centaur Worker.
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Data revisions have subtracted more than 400,000 jobs throughout 2023, something that Fed policymakers should keep an eye on.
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OECD countries have seen a surge in migration recently. In the future, expect permanently higher migration flows due to new factors at work.
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As AI has become firmly entrenched in the recruitment process, concerns have arisen about potentially negative effects.
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Overall GDP growth in the U.K. has been steady, but the increase is driven by population growth, rather than productivity and income growth.
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Since the pandemic started, stability has been lacking in the labor market. The outlook for 2024 looks much more normal.
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Ah, the holiday season. We decided to spark some holiday cheer by finding the most festive charts we could.
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The United Kingdom's economic outlook is only slightly more uncertain than its current status, which is bad news for the central bank.
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The outlook for the Eurozone is not looking positive for 2024, especially if the European Central Bank continues on its current path.
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The American jobs market once again saw impressive gains in November, as shown in a jobs report that supported the soft landing narrative.
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Recent developments have contributed to impressive labor force outcomes for disabled workers, but are they permanent or transient solutions?
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The Canadian labor market added 25,000 new jobs in November, while the unemployment rate rose to 5.8%.
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Will the proposed tax cuts from the U.K. government's actually boost economic growth or is their usefulness overstated in nominal terms?
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Employees desire meaningful work, but not every worker finds purpose within their professions. What can employers do to help curate purpose?
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Though more and more people are graduating from college, the U.K. labor market has a troubling graduate skill premium.
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Rapidly rising interest rates didn't create the big economic downturn that many forecasters predicted. How did the economy avoid a recession?
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BoE officials have made it clear that they are now willing to sacrifice the labor market to bring down inflation, but the official numbers are unreliable.
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Many assume young workers are driving the push towards remote work, but age alone does not determine whether one is working onsite or not.
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The strikes in the auto industry impacted job growth this month, as the labor market added 150,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.9%.
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A century ago, John Maynard Keynes envisioned a future world where a 15-hour work week was the norm. Was he really so far off the mark?
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U.S. GDP growth was a startlingly strong 4.9% in Q3, driven by consumer spending. This level of growth is very far from recession territory.
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Recently Federal Reserve data reveals that Americans are wealthier than ever. Net worth, adjusted for inflation, surged during the pandemic.
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The risks to quantitative easing are benign during anemic recoveries. In this period of high inflation, it could results in bad losses.
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