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Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... standard shorter working week, then we'll be spreading the available hours of work more evenly across people in the labor force." Already, Dawson says, a few Australian unions are getting behind the four-day work, one of them being the Australian ...

We are closer to a pause: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... the end of 2025," he explained. "It would be possible to do that, but it would mean forgoing many gains within the labor force. "Our judgment at the moment is the benefit of getting inflation back to 3% around six months earlier at the cost of a lot ...

Chief economist update: A busy 2020 for Abe, BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... providing significant support. Despite recent weakness in activity, the unemployment rate remains near multidecade lows, labor force participation continues to climb, and per capita income growth remains healthy." Get that? No, I didn't get it either. ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... other thing that's good that's been happening is for five years we've seen people coming back into the labor force or not leaving it, which is a healthy thing." "...but I would say that it's a bit of a puzzle given how tight labor markets ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... other thing that's good that's been happening is for five years we've seen people coming back into the labor force or not leaving it, which is a healthy thing." "...but I would say that it's a bit of a puzzle given how tight labor markets ...

Chief economist update: Fed funds at five point O

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) define as: "Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... 2007). The BLS defines the U-6 unemployment rate as: "Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally ...

Economics 101 is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) define as: "Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally ...

US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... prior that... 100K is O-K, lift off is 100% on its way. "To simply provide jobs for those who are newly entering the labor force probably requires under 100,000 jobs per month". But 200,000 is better. "I don't think we should expect to see laborforce ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... judgments about the magnitudes of the cyclical and structural influences affecting labor market variables, including labor force participation, the extent of part-time employment for economic reasons, and labor market flows, such as the pace of hires ...
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