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  • Growth isnt solving Ascensions labor shortage
  • Business Cycle Indicators: CES/CPS Employment Surges
  • Reducing Employment Growth

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businessreport.com /1 month ago

Growth isnt solving Ascensions labor shortage

Growth isnt solving Ascensions labor shortage

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econbrowser.com /5 days ago

Business Cycle Indicators: CES/CPS Employment Surges

Evidence of continued growth: Figure 1: NFP employment (bold blue), civilian employment with smoothed population controls (bold orange), industrial production (red), personal incom...

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econbrowser.com /1 month ago

Reducing Employment Growth

One of the explanations for the “new normal” in employment growth is not deficient aggregate demand, but deficient labor force growth. The  NYT article “Employers Fear Labor Shorta...

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financialpost.com /1 month ago

Labour productivity increases with age in Canada — until it doesn't

Aging workforce adds to challenges facing economy

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recruitingheadlines.com /1 month ago

Q2 2026 Productivity and Costs Release: Productivity Keeps Growing, but Workers Aren’t Getting the Gains

Even as labor productivity grows, workers’ share of the gains has dropped to the lowest level in almost 80 years. The post Q2 2026 Productivity and Costs Release: Productivity Keep...

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deccanchronicle.com /1 week ago

DC Edit | Growth Up, Focus Now on Jobs

Robust GDP growth masks uneven sectoral performance and highlights the need for more labour-intensive jobs.

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econbrowser.com /1 month ago

Private NFP Growth Deceleration

+30K < +78K Bloomberg consensus.

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johnlocke.org /1 month ago

Smaller labor force leads to smaller economy

Stan Veuger explores the economic impact of declining American fertility. In 2024, the U.S. fertility rate reached a new low of 1.6. Net immigration started declining rapidly that...

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visualcapitalist.com /4 weeks ago

Mapped: Where Workers Are Becoming More Productive in America

Some states are producing more while working fewer hours. See where productivity surged, and where it fell behind.

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nebraskaexaminer.com /2 days ago

Labor unions are growing, but where depends on state politics

Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states. Last year, the nation added more t...

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wichitaliberty.org /3 days ago

August 2026 Jobs Report: Growth Slowing as Labor Market Cools

August 2026 employment grew 162,000 jobs and unemployment held at 4.1%. A slowdown from spring suggests the labor market is easing, with tech sector weakness offsetting modest gain...

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conservativedailynews.com /1 month ago

Labor Market Dynamics: Shortages and Economic Implications

by Michael Busler at CDN - The labor market is experiencing unprecedented dynamics as various industries grapple with ongoing labor shortages. From hospitality to manufacturing, b...

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econbrowser.com /1 month ago

Estimates of Nonfarm Payroll Employment

CES estimates are for lackluster growth, while the trend in CPS measure is … somewhat worrying.  

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ncnewsline.com /2 days ago

Labor unions are growing, but where depends on state politics

Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states. Last year, the nation added more t...

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econbrowser.com /1 month ago

Industrial, Manufacturing Production and Business Cycle Indicators

Along with GDPNow. Industrial production under consensus (+0.1% m/m ov +0.2% Bloomberg consensus), while manufacturing is flat (+0.0% vs. +0.1% consensus). Figure 1: NFP employment...

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nakedcapitalism.com /1 month ago

Baby Busts and GDP Booms: Demographic Change and the Macroeconomy

Good news of sorts from the economic front: An aging population, aka demographic decline, does not lower GDP or earnings growth.

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breitbart.com /1 month ago

Productivity Growth Jumps, Rises Twice as Fast as Expected

Labor productivity expanded at twice the rate expected in the second quarter, accelerating from the start of the year. The post Productivity Growth Jumps, Rises Twice as Fast as Ex...

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realinvestmentadvice.com /2 weeks ago

Productivity On Gilligan’s Island: Episode 2

Over 7 years ago, we wrote a piece using the 1960s TV sitcom Gilligan's Island to provide a simple example of why productivity is the most important driver of economic growth. In t...

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econbrowser.com /3 weeks ago

Business Cycle Indicators: June Production

Industrial production below consensus (+0.2% m/m vs. +0.3% Bloomberg), manufacturing at consensus, although previous month’s revised up. Output measures continue to outpace employm...

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econbrowser.com /1 month ago

GDP continues modest growth

The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that seasonally adjusted U.S. real GDP grew at a 1.5% annual rate in the second quarter. That is about half of the historical averag...

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cryptobriefing.com /1 month ago

Federal Reserve Chair Warsh highlights strong productivity growth, stable labor market

Warsh's focus on productivity and stable labor markets suggests potential for sustained economic growth, impacting monetary policy and investment trends. The post Federal Reserve C...

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econbrowser.com /1 month ago

Business Cycle Indicators at July’s End

Following up on Jim’s GDP asssessment, here’re NBER BCDC indicators plus alternatives. Consumption growth remains strong, Figure 1: NFP employment (bold blue), civilian employment...

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econbrowser.com /6 days ago

A Dropoff in Manufacturing Employment?

From the ADP release: Figure 1: Change in manufacturing employment since 2025M01 from BLS (blue), preliminary benchmark revision from BLS (light blue square), from ADP (green). Ora...

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globaldatapod.podbean.com /5 days ago

Global Data Pod Weekender: Labor day

Today’s employment report aligned labor demand more closely with the positive cyclical dynamics seen in both US and global activity this quarter. While there remains a concern abou...

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