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March figures continued the 2% growth trend, keeping the unemployment rate close to its lowest level in more than 50 years. The median length of time an individual is unemployed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243076
ISSN: 2633-304X
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US housing outlook.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246524
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The country’s system of pension funds has long been close to bankruptcy, but awareness of the urgency of the issue has increased over the past year. Nonetheless, proposed pension…
The budget keeps the deficit just inside prescribed limits despite an increase in new spending, by stepping up measures to boost revenue. Initiatives designed to target the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286531
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Reflecting this, US pay rises were the highest in more than 20 years, and euro-area pay rises the highest in more than 25 years. Broader measures of compensation were more…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267659
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Wage growth was subdued in 2022, at 2.8%, even as unemployment declined to 6.7%, as a symptom of productivity growth slowing further since the pandemic. Policy is shifting towards…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276777
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The jobless rate is expected to stay unchanged at 4.9%, its lowest level since November 2007. This decline occurred despite a rebound in the participation rate, up 0.5 percentage…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210237
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The budget will prove to be all but the last political event before the final campaign and the May 7 general election. Although the detail had to be determined in cooperation with…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198416
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Democrats have been counting on abortion rights issues to drive turnout among female voters in the midterm elections in at least some states, but cost-of-living issues are now the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273667
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Recent economic data provide mixed signals for the economy, although GDP growth and inflation forecasts remain unchanged. The most important domestic risks to the economic outlook…