How much weight does the FOMC put on inflation vs unemployment?

From Torsten Sløk, Ph.D.: When I discuss the timing of Fed liftoff with clients it is essentially a debate about how much weight the...

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Majority of Hires Never Report Looking for a Job

Majority of Hires Never Report Looking for a Job Carlos Carrillo-Tudela, Bart Hobijn, Patryk Perkowski, and Ludo Visschers...

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Labor Market Slack and Monetary Policy

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More Signs of Wage Inflation

From Torsten Sløk of Deutsche Bank: The first chart below shows that over the past year employer costs have risen significantly. The...

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What the Fed Will Be Looking at in Today’s Employment Report

Today’s employment report may be hard to read: The severe weather in the Northeast and Midwest affected the Labor Department’s...

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Youth Labor Force Participation Falls, but with Good Reason

Labor Force Participation Rate: 1955-2014 Labor Force Participation Rate Labor Force Participation Rate In School to Population Ratio:...

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Are We Becoming a Part-Time Economy?

Compared with 2007, the U.S. labor market now has about 2.5 million more people working part-time and about 2.2 million fewer people...

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The Changing Nature of Middle-Class Jobs

Source: NY Times

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Wal-Mart’s Crash Course in Labor Economics

Wal-Mart’s Minimum Wage Breakdown Wal-Mart plans to raise the wages of hourly workers because it didn’t have much choice as...

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Changes in US Household Labor-Force Participation by Household...

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