Readings on economic output indicate that the recent rate of job growth won’t be sustained, complicating President Obama’s economic narrative.
Author: By DAVID LEONHARDT
Why Job Growth Is Likely to Slow
Readings on economic output indicate that the recent rate of job growth won’t be sustained, complicating President Obama’s economic narrative.
Private Sector Up, Government Down
The private sector has been adding jobs faster than the population has been growing, but government agencies have been cutting jobs.
Consumer Spending: The Chicken or the Egg
Do job losses cause consumer slumps? Or vice-versa?
The Concentrated Pain of Job Loss
In 1982, when the unemployment rate was similar to the rate in recent years, the share of people who experienced any spell of unemployment was much higher.
The Cost of Austerity
Cuts by state and local governments have cost the economy about 1 million jobs over the past two years.
A Targeted Payroll-Tax Cut
Michael Greenstone, an M.I.T. economist, argues for a payroll-tax cut that benefits only those businesses that add employees.
Have German Wages Really Risen?
Not much in the last eight or nine years, but the German labor market has still outperformed the American labor market over this period. How? Jobs.
The Return of the Blue-Collar Downturn
For much of 2010, the slumping economy was affecting white-collar, highly educated workers almost as much as it was affecting less educated and blue-collar workers. That’s no longer the case.
The Return of the Blue-Collar Downturn
For much of 2010, the slumping economy was affecting white-collar, highly educated workers almost as much as it was affecting less educated and blue-collar workers. That’s no longer the case.