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BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Michael J. Mandel |
Where Wealth Lives The productivity boom has made asset owners rich -- and left many wage-earners behind. |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Seekers' Foe Is Also Their Best Hope Productivity is lifting incomes and that, eventually, will boost hiring. |
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Productivity Isn't The Villain -- It's The Hero While some may blame increased productivity for a loss of jobs, productivity will ultimately make things better for everyone. |
BusinessWeek December 19, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S: Can Productivity Keep Up The Good Work? U.S. productivity must stay on track with pay gains to hold inflation at bay. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Kiss It Good-Bye More demand and smaller productivity gains will boost payrolls. |
BusinessWeek January 26, 2004 Michael J. Mandel |
So Where Are The Jobs? Maybe They're Not On The Way Continued weakness in the labor market raises the question of whether the link between job growth and gross-domestic-product growth, which economists have long accepted, has been broken. |
BusinessWeek February 20, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Low Unemployment Raises An Old Inflation Debate Should the Federal Reserve keep hiking rates in the face of a tighter labor market? |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Miller & Coy |
The Power Of Productivity: Why This Recovery Will Roll On The economy is in a sweet spot that should keep inflation at bay for some time. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 Michael J. Mandel |
Sure, The Trade Deficit Is Scary -- But We Can Handle It America's wealth is growing fast enough to easily cover its debt. |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Rich Miller |
The Firepower In Consumers' Pockets Why they'll keep spending despite the job market |
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 Michael Mandel |
Bernanke's Dilemma The markets are clamoring for rate cuts, but weak U.S. productivity gains and strong global growth may limit the Fed's options. |
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Michael J. Mandel |
Jobs: The Lull Will Linger Structural shifts across several key sectors make the robust job growth of the 1990s unlikely to return anytime soon. The current shortfall in job growth is heaviest in a few surprising sectors, such as retailing, education, health care and telecommunications. |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Growth That is Just Good Enough Despite a weak November, the labor market is giving a boost to the economy. November's hiring gains, while soft, were widespread across the economy. |
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 |
The Price Of Efficiency Stop blaming outsourcing. The drive for productivity gains is the real culprit behind anemic job growth |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: This Time, Fed Tightening Shouldn't Make You Tense With jobs strong and inflation low, the economy is in fine shape |
BusinessWeek April 2, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Say Goodbye To High Growth And Low Inflation The economic Eden of the late 1990s and early 2000s is slowly fading. |
BusinessWeek July 5, 2004 Rich Miller |
What Keeps Greenspan Up At Night The Fed chairman must fend off the threat of inflation without stealing momentum from the recovery. Can he walk that fine line? |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Consumers Will Keep Carrying the Ball True, jobs aren't back. But tax cuts and refinancings are doing the trick. |
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Michael J. Mandel |
The End Of Upward Mobility? Not On Your Life Bleak stories aside, both rich and poor advanced over the past decade. |
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 Michael Mandel |
The Real Cost Of Offshoring U.S. data show that moving jobs overseas hasn't hurt the economy. Here's why those stats are wrong |
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 |
Where Are The Jobs? Economic growth is very strong, but America isn't generating enough jobs. Many blame outsourcing. The truth is a lot more complicated |
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Earnings Season Is About To Get Chilly A softer economy and sagging margins will sap profits this year. |
BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Speed Bumps On The Road To More Jobs American businesses face powerful reasons not to hire |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: A Jobs Recovery, Yes. A Hiring Boom, No. Intense cost pressures and weak pricing will keep payrolls from surging |
BusinessWeek November 20, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Strong Labor Markets Put The Fed On The Spot Weak productivity and rising labor costs could force more rate hikes. |
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. GDP Revisions: The Recovery's Lift Is Slower For Workers The much anticipated U.S. rewrite of economic history hardly alters perceptions of the recent past. But the data do give reasons to be optimistic about the future. |
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Deja Vu All over Again But unlike the early '90s, hiring now will take longer to turn around |
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Growth Will Get Over Its January Blahs Bad weather helped cause a weak start to what will be a solid year. |
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Weak Payrolls Mask A Tightening Job Market How companies handle rising labor costs will affect future inflation. |
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Those Soft Job Numbers: Cause For Alarm? Probably not -- business is still spending, and not all the data are so gloomy |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Job Markets Will Decide The Fed's Next Move The low jobless rate, despite slower growth, heightens the inflation threat. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Productivity Productivity figures released by the BLS provide a rare look at the quality of economic activity within the economy. Keeping track of changes in productivity levels can give you an indication of the sustainability of economic growth that other types of economic data can't duplicate. |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Michael Mandel |
The Real Threat Isn't Housing If productivity growth keeps sliding, a widespread crisis could be next. |
BusinessWeek July 23, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: A Second-Half Recovery Could Be Fleeting Output may rise to slow inventory depletion, but gains won't be sustainable without stronger consumer spending. Trouble is, job markets remain weak. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Gary S. Becker |
The Productivity Boom Is Just Warming Up In the past, productivity almost always fell during recessions because both labor and capital were underutilized as output sagged. But the apparent paradox of the past few years is that labor productivity has grown even more rapidly since 2000 than in the '90s. |
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Bruce Nussbaum |
The You-Asked-For-It Economy Low inflation, soaring productivity, and a capitalist China. Why aren't we happy? |
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: That Delicious Smell? It's The Economy Cooking Robust capital spending and profits, plus job growth, are now being served |
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. Labor Markets: The Truth About Worker Pay Just how big is the squeeze on the pay of American workers? The answer is not as clear-cut as the polarized views of each political camp would lead you to believe. |
Reason July 2004 Brink Lindsey |
10 Truths About Trade Is globalization sending the best American jobs overseas? Hard facts about offshoring, imports, and jobs. |
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why Inflation Fears Are Unfounded The Fed will have plenty of time to reverse its huge stimulus, as unused labor and production capacity prevent price pressures from building. |
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Kathleen Madigan |
After The Housing Boom What the real estate slowdown means for the economy. |
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 |
Welcome to the Amazing Jobless Recovery It will take 340,000 new jobs a month to get back to near-full employment by late 2004. Sadly, there's little chance of that happening |
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 Michael Mandel |
In Praise Of Heady Growth In this book excerpt, the author argues that the economic future of the U.S. is inextricably linked to our ability to come up with more technological breakthroughs that equal the Internet in magnitude. |
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Doubts About The Productivity Slowdown What's the Federal Reserve to do about widely differing measures of productivity? |
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: A Yawning Trade Gap Could Swallow the Recovery Stronger demand will lift imports as weakness abroad pummels exports |
BusinessWeek May 14, 2009 Michael Mandel |
Why Rising Productivity Is Cause for Worry The numbers may indicate that companies are shedding professionals - and that can undercut growth in the long term. |
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Count On Consumers To Keep Spending Expect a more moderate pace as job growth and wealth gains slow. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Baily & Farrell |
Breaking Down Barriers to Growth Encouraging competition is key to reviving stalled industrial economies. |
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Virtuous Cycle Is Finally Kicking In As the recovery takes hold, GDP growth may hit levels not seen since 2000. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: An Economy With Two Engines Firing Consumers and businesses are working in tandem to bolster economic growth in America. |