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Bipartisan consensus in the debate that economists are bad
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Hey, hey. Sahm Consulting has a website! claudiasahm.com So happy with it and fully open for business.
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Kicking off the new year, the Kenan Institute is highlighting five issue areas that we think will be top of mind in 2024. Join Chief Economist Gerald Cohen in a solutions-focused analysis of the year’s most salient issues.
Read the full Kenan Commentary: kenaninstitute.unc.edu/commentary/fiv…
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Check out the latest report on 'Best and Worst States to Work' in America, where North Carolina ranks 41st. 📈 Our Chief Economist, Gerald Cohen, has weighed in on the report with valuable insights.
Read more here: wraltechwire.com/2023/11/22/nc-…
#KenanInstitute @BeaconMacro
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Want to discover the motivations behind individuals leaving their jobs or reassessing their career paths? 💼
Don’t miss this year’s Frontiers of Business Conference: Workplace Disrupted, offering insightful panels on Oct. 12-13.
🔗Register today: frontiers.unc.edu
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Our latest projections for Extended Metro Area (EMA) economic growth in 2023 are out! Only 3 out of 150 EMAs expected to contract, while Austin, TX overtakes SF as the fastest grower. Find out how tech hiring and tourism affects these trends. kenaninstitute.unc.edu/commentary/mid…
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Discover the potential consequences of the Fed's interest rate hikes in @BeaconMacro's insightful commentary. From mild recession to financial crisis, he outlines 3 economic outcomes to watch. #Economy #FederalReserve
Read more: bit.ly/42psHur
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Last month's employment report showed the creation of 517,000 jobs, moving some economists off their prediction of a recession. Ahead of the new report, Chief Economist Gerald Cohen cites stats that suggest any confidence in a soft landing is misplaced.
kenaninstitute.unc.edu/commentary/emp…
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For February, the @amergrowthproj focuses on America’s top 100 midsize cities, which represent 19% of the U.S. population & 15% of its GDP. We explore drivers of economic growth, their prospects & how these microeconomies differ from larger cities.
kenaninstitute.unc.edu/tag/american-g…
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Gerald Cohen, @kenaninstitute chief economist, on this morning’s federal report of 517,000 jobs added in January: This will give the Fed “the heebie-jeebies.”
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Excited to launch our #AmericanGrowthProject initiative!
Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise@kenaninstitute
Today we launch the #AmericanGrowthProject, an initiative providing up-to-the-minute economic data, analysis & forecasting for towns, cities & counties. Access our first report, ranking the top 50 most populous cities by speed of economic growth in 2022: americangrowthproject.org
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Excited to launch our #AmericanGrowthProject initiative!
Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise@kenaninstitute
Today we launch the #AmericanGrowthProject, an initiative providing up-to-the-minute economic data, analysis & forecasting for towns, cities & counties. Access our first report, ranking the top 50 most populous cities by speed of economic growth in 2022: americangrowthproject.org
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The overturning of #RoeVsWade has prompted many companies to provide funds if employees need to travel to access an abortion. We looked at the female-specific benefits being offered to make workplaces more attractive to women in a May #KenanInsight.
kenaninstitute.unc.edu/kenan-insight/…
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@kenaninstitute are hiring! Great opportunity to apply cutting-edge research to business and policy applications. Potential to work with @kenanflagler faculty doing #preddoc work.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/233411
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The Fed's attempts to cool the economy aren't yet affecting hiring. “It’s a challenge, because they want to pull people into the labor force. They know the way to do that is through higher wages,” Gerald Cohen told the @nytimes. “But higher wages can also breed higher inflation.”
NYT Business@nytimesbusiness
Stocks declined and bond yields rose as investors evidently read the jobs report as reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s inflation-fighting efforts, which risk denting economic growth. nyti.ms/3MhPvmL
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Businesses across NC have their Help Wanted signs up, and respondents to @ncIMPACTsog's #CarolinaAcross100 survey confirm that it’s a pressing issue: Nearly 80% of the sample put employment & staffing concerns among the top negative effects of COVID on their organizations. (1/2)
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As the U.S. continues to face COVID-19 and supply chain disruptions, experts debate just how worked up the economy is in its current state. (1/2)
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In continuation of our series exploring #stakeholdercapitalism – or the idea that businesses might improve society by focusing on a broader mandate than profits alone – our experts review the benefits & drawbacks of the existing best-practice model: shareholder capitalism. (1/2)
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