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Improved FOMC Outlook
The people who determine monetary policy in the US report their forecasts for key economic indicators. The group’s December forecast was ...
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US-China Trade: Decoupling?
In recent US data, merchandise imports from China claim a much smaller share of the overall economy than they did in 2015. At first glanc...
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Strong Labor Market Continues
The strong labor market continued in November, according to this morning’s jobs report. The US added a net total of 199,000 jobs in the m...
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Labor Productivity
In the third quarter, labor productivity grew at an annual rate of 5.2 percent, far above the long-term average of 1.6 to 1.9 percent. Th...
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Disability and the Labor Market
Given the relatively tight labor market, individuals with disabilities have been finding work more easily than in the past. However, in a...
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What’s with the Sentiment?
By objective economic data, the US economy is doing well. The US faced a global pandemic, supply chain issues, and high interest rates, y...
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State Family Leave Systems and Labor Force Participation
The US infamously lacks a national family leave system. These systems are a form of social insurance, offering temporary income replaceme...
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US Chartbook version 0.1
Check out the US Chartbook, version 0.1, released today. The chartbook is a big PDF collection of notes on US economic and social indicat...
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Real Wages, Inflation, and Consumer Sentiment
Wages are increasing faster than inflation. Additionally, wage growth rates are strongest for low-wage workers. Despite real wage growth,...
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Disconnect between aggregate earnings and payrolls
Usually Claudia Sahm is answering the hard questions in economics. She does it better than anyone else. But yesterday she asked a questio...
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bd CPS version 0.4 released
Version 0.4 of my notebooks for cleaning up and working with Current Population Survey public use microdata is available on GitHub. Sever...
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Maternity/Paternity Leave in the US
Unlike comparable countries, the US federal government does not require businesses to provide paid maternity or paternity leave to new pa...