Econ Comments & Analysis
Bloomberg | Government’s Snake Oil Won’t Cure Jobs Ailment
Want to know what Federal Reserve policy makers are thinking at any given time? Take a look at what the research staff is doing.
Blogs
Political Calculations | Are Baby Boomers Stealing Jobs from the Young? (Part 3)
We're doing a direct comparison of each of the five-year age cohorts we have been considering, so we'll capture the shift in the age distribution of the U.S. civilian labor force, with respect to the non-institutionalized population for each over that time.
The American | New jobless claims report is more evidence of Stagnation Nation
These numbers just aren’t what you would expect to see in a strong, healthy economy—which, of course, it isn’t. Also, banks are now downgrading their 1Q GDP estimates to below 2%. And 2Q might not be a whole heck of a lot better.
