Pedro Nicolaci da Costa — Fed rebel warns businesses to stop ‘whining’ about a shortage of workers

Summary:
It’s an all-too common refrain among US corporations: we have jobs available, but simply can’t find qualified workers to fill them. Economists, including top Federal Reserve officials, lend credibility to this dubious claim by arguing there is a "skills gap" among US workers that is preventing firms from finding employees with the right backgrounds. However, ample research and basic common sense suggests that wage stagnation, which has dominated the US job landscape in recent decades, is a symptom of an anemic labor market, not a fully recovered one. Credit to Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari for pointing that out during a speech to business leaders on Monday. "If you're not raising wages, then it just sounds like whining," he told a group of business people at a Rotary Club

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Mike Norman considers the following as important: economic myths, Employment, Neel Kashkari, skills gap, wages

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