I keep on seeing organizations like the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Association cry about worker shortages, as here:
Category Archives: employment
Wisconsin Manufacturing Employment and Manufactured Exports
Does Wisconsin’s fortunes — as a manufacturing heavy state — depend on what happens in the rest-of-the world? The answer is, partly, yes…
Wisconsin Employment in June 2021: Halting Growth Continues
Employment numbers for June were released for today.
Guest Contribution: “How far to full employment?”
Today, we are fortunate to present a guest contribution written by Paweł Skrzypczyński, economist at the National Bank of Poland. The views expressed herein are those of the author and should not be attributed to the National Bank of Poland.
The Employment Release and Business Cycle Indicators
850K was the headline NFP number today. Just a reminder that, while a surprise on the upside (150K over Bloomberg consensus of just yesterday), employment is still down 4.4% relative to NBER peak.
Wisconsin Economic Activity in May
Employment numbers for May were released for today.
Employment Release and Business Cycle Indicators
Employment figures were released today, showing continued growth. In the context of key macro indicators followed by the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee:
Inflation Squeeze on Wages?
Relative compression vis a vis recent past (not controlling for composition), but still up since the onset of the pandemic.
Wisconsin’s Recovery: Employment, Coincident Index, GDP, Personal Income
In progress, but incomplete.
Enhanced Unemployment Benefits in Wisconsin and Disincentives
From WPR, “Top Wisconsin Republicans Call For Ending Enhanced Unemployment Benefits”:
Two of the Legislature’s top Republicans say they’ll pass a bill that would cut off federal unemployment insurance benefits that were added during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they’re no longer needed and they’re making it harder for businesses to find workers.