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Labor market conditions index

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From the Fed’s research: Highlights The economy may be at full employment but it’s not helping the labor market conditions index which remains flat. For the first negative score since May, December’s index comes in at minus 0.3. Based on this report, there may be more slack than suspected and less risk perhaps of wage inflation. Considered experimental, the labor market conditions index, published by the Federal Reserve, is a composite of 19 separate indicators.

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From the Fed’s research:

Labor market conditions index

Highlights

The economy may be at full employment but it’s not helping the labor market conditions index which remains flat. For the first negative score since May, December’s index comes in at minus 0.3. Based on this report, there may be more slack than suspected and less risk perhaps of wage inflation. Considered experimental, the labor market conditions index, published by the Federal Reserve, is a composite of 19 separate indicators.

Labor market conditions index

WARREN MOSLER
Warren Mosler is an American economist and theorist, and one of the leading voices in the field of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Presently, Warren resides on St. Croix, in the US Virgin Islands, where he owns and operates Valance Co., Inc.

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