Red Flag on Recession Crops up in NY Fed’s Coincident Economic Index by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2016 • 39 Comments Last time the index declined was in November 2009.
Job Market Nearing Full “Recovery?” Here’s a Dose of Reality by Doug Short • Dec 8, 2016 • 126 Comments Don’t Trust the low Unemployment Rate for the Answer!
OK, I get it: Companies Clamor for Cheap Labor, Fed Delivers by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2016 • 89 Comments In turn, households get a feel-good illusion.
It’s Not a “Housing Crisis” for Everyone by Wolf Richter • Nov 2, 2016 • 80 Comments The demographic shift behind the high-rent phenomenon.
Why the Jobs Aren’t Coming Back by James Murray • Oct 25, 2016 • 216 Comments The “modern day marvel.”
It Starts: Shutdowns, Production Cuts, Layoffs at Auto Plants by Wolf Richter • Oct 17, 2016 • 47 Comments “We continue to match production with demand”: Ford
The Endpoint of Automation by James Murray • Sep 27, 2016 • 128 Comments For companies, it’s just a question of money.
“Negative Growth” of Real Wages is Normal for Much of the Workforce, and Getting Worse: New York Fed by Wolf Richter • Sep 27, 2016 • 110 Comments And the fate of the consumption-based US economy?
This is Why the Job Market Stinks, but No One is Talking about it by James Murray • Sep 21, 2016 • 67 Comments “A few people here, a few people there. But it all adds up.”
“Or We’ll Lose the Whole Middle Class”: Gallup CEO by Wolf Richter • Sep 20, 2016 • 121 Comments Economic “recovery,” but not for the “Invisible Americans.”