After lagging earlier in the recovery, the labor force has rebounded strongly in recent months. But job openings are rising even faster.
Tag: Unemployment
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Rapid Inflation, Lower Employment: How the U.S. Pandemic Response Measures Up
The United States spent more on its policy response than other advanced economies. Now economists are revisiting how that worked.
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To Stop Inflation, Will We Need to Engineer a Recession?
Raising interest rates will pour cold water on an economy many believe is overheated — but at the risk of triggering a downturn.
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Paul Krugman on Why the Economy Is Doing Better Than We Think
The economist and Times Opinion columnist discusses inflation, unemployment and the supply chain crisis.
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‘La French Tech’ Arrives Under Macron, but Proves No Panacea
The president has brought innovation, jobs and growth. Still, resentments fester on the eve of the presidential election.