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economistsview.typepad.com - 10/22/2009
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Each year, Tim Duy organizes the
Oregon Economic Forum ,
and this year he invited David Altig of the Atlanta Fed to talk about monetary policy. I'll be
discussing fiscal policy, and one of the questions I'll address is whether more
stimulus is needed. The poor condition of job markets will ...
macroblog.typepad.com - 10/21/2009
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The Wall Street Journal repeats the unhappy news
: "Companies across the economy are holding off on...
hiring even as the profit outlook improves, amid economic uncertainty and their own success at raising productivity in rough waters. "Hiring ...
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The growing case for a jobless recovery
newsday.com - 10/18/2009
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Wednesday October 14, 2009 4:34 PM By Walt
Handelsman Share Email Print Tags: Recession Add a comment...
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Jobless Recovery
calculatedriskblog.com - 10/22/2009
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Dave Altig writes at Macroblog: The growing case
for a jobless recovery Dr. Altig reviews several recent...
Macroblog posts, and adds: The percentage of employee separations labeled permanent is at a recorded high. Underneath the usual total ...
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Macroblog: "The growing case for a jobless recovery"
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A Recalculation Data Point
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... , via Mark Thoma . [image] This statistic, the percentage of job losses that are permanent, is a useful way to distinguish Keynesian recessions from Recalculations. In a Keynesian recession, you are temporarily laid off because of excess inventories and deficient aggregate demand. You wait to be recalled by your firm. This was true of recessions from the end of the second World War through the 1980 recession. Even the 1975 recession, which was a "supply shock" (higher oil prices, requiring some permanent readjustments), had a relatively low share of permanent job losses. In a ...
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