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DAVID BLANCHFLOWER: The Fed's misleading view of the job market reflects 'a huge intellectual failure'
There's probably a mix of reasons. Pressure from interest groups like banks, who begged for rate cu…
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
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The Biggest Economic Experiment Of The Last 5 Years Has Ended In Disaster
But it is not just the asset side of banks’ balance sheets that will be affected; banks’ capital ra…
Mamta Badkar
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BLANCHFLOWER: The looming Bank of England rate hikes rekindles 'feeling of August 2008'
Gross domestic product grew by 0.4% in the third quarter, above forecasts for a 0.3% rise, while an…
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
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There's one simple explanation for the wage stagnation 'puzzle' confounding top Fed officials
Most workers and job seekers are all too familiar with this pattern. In a post-Great Recession worl…
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
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Misleading unemployment numbers may be prompting the Fed and the Bank of England to make a huge error
In fact, central banks like the Bank of England and the US Fed are fundamentally misunderstanding w…
Jim Edwards
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New research suggests that having kids doesn't make parents unhappy - but the cost of raising them might
"Children are expensive, making it difficult for some parents to pay the bills," Blanchflower wrote…
Steven John
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A massive study suggests you'll get progressively unhappier until you hit your 50s - but not everyone agrees with the results
For example, Robert Cialdini, a professor emeritus at Arizona State University and the CEO and pres…
Shana Lebowitz,Andy Kiersz
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Wall Street's favorite new thing to worry about may already be in the rearview mirror
David Blanchflower, a former rate-setter at the Bank of England now at Dartmouth College, sees this…
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
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One hopeful sign of job market recovery is being overlooked
"The unemployment rate really does not reflect what is happening in black and Latino communities, a…
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
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The search process for a new president of the New York Fed was seriously shady
At issue is the quasi-private nature of the Fed's 12 regional district banks, which supposedly are …
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
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Something doesn't add up in Janet Yellen promise of higher wages
"And as the labor market has tightened we've seen some very gradual drift upward in wage gains," Ye…
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
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Unemployment in the US is historically low, but wage growth is sluggish - and no one seems to know exactly why
Meanwhile, for the past few years we've been seeing an increase in wages for low-end jobs, and an o…
Richard Feloni
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LABOUR LEADERSHIP BETTING: Jeremy Corbyn is unbeatable
But many fear his re-election will be a disaster for the long-term future of Labour and will leave …
Matthew Nitch Smith
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What you need to know on Wall Street today
But the troublesome fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution unit had a weak quarte…
Business Insider
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The Tories want Carney to keep his mouth shut if he vows to stay
But Carney has angered some when he has given answers to political questions. Prior to the Scotland…
Jim Edwards
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Robert Skidelsky: The UK Government Is Failing On The Only Economic Measure That Matters
The level of underemployment is generally seen to be significantly higher than the unemployment rat…
Tomas Hirst,Tomas Hirst
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The UK Government Is About To Reveal Its 2013 Budget - Here Are The Key Issues To Watch
"The Chancellor is facing criticism from many quarters but his room for maneuver is extremely limit…
Mamta Badkar
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High Home Ownership Is Strongly Linked To High Unemployment [STUDY]
"In Britain we have incredibly cheap mortgages and we're giving help-to-buy inducements on top of t…