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The Motley Fool
November 3, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Productivity Productivity figures released by the BLS provide a rare look at the quality of economic activity within the economy. Keeping track of changes in productivity levels can give you an indication of the sustainability of economic growth that other types of economic data can't duplicate.   |
BusinessWeek
November 12, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Signs Say: Job Growth Ahead Don't expect payrolls to turn around quickly, but economic trends are encouraging. Plus, heady productivity gains are not sustainable, and more workers will soon be needed. |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Kiss It Good-Bye More demand and smaller productivity gains will boost payrolls. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Productivity Isn't The Villain -- It's The Hero While some may blame increased productivity for a loss of jobs, productivity will ultimately make things better for everyone. |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2003
Robert J. Barro |
The Stubborn Jobless Rate: Puzzling, but Far from Scary The Dems say the labor market is the worst since the Depression. But the drop in jobs has been milder than in many other recessions. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why the Earnings Forecast Is Upbeat With productivity skyrocketing and labor costs plunging, profits will post strong growth in coming quarters now that demand is beginning to turn up. |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
Michael Mandel |
The Real Threat Isn't Housing If productivity growth keeps sliding, a widespread crisis could be next. |
BusinessWeek
February 19, 2007
James Mehring |
The Housing Drag Casts A Long Shadow During 2006, productivity growth was the weakest in nine years, while the labor cost required to produce a given unit of a good or service surged. But don't fret too much: The data on productivity and unit labor costs are being skewed by the housing downturn. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Burnt-Out Workers Could Save the Economy What the fall in labor productivity means for our recovery. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
It's High Time for Companies to Start Adding Jobs Employment growth has been seriously disappointing so far, but the growth may be just getting started. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Growth Will Get Over Its January Blahs Bad weather helped cause a weak start to what will be a solid year. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2010
Ed Salwin |
Why the Stock Market Can Go Up Forever It's a thing called productivity. |
IndustryWeek
January 24, 2012
Jonathan Katz |
Midsize Firms Choose Technology Over Hiring Executives attribute productivity increases to business process improvements and tech investments. |
BusinessWeek
December 22, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Job Market Is Stronger Than It Looks Growth in other employment measures belies the weak payroll numbers |
BusinessWeek
December 20, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Growth That is Just Good Enough Despite a weak November, the labor market is giving a boost to the economy. November's hiring gains, while soft, were widespread across the economy. |
BusinessWeek
January 26, 2004
James C. Cooper |
So Where Are The Jobs? They're On The Way Are things really as bad as the latest employment data imply? Probably not. The fact is, the recent payroll data are giving the wrong impression of the strength of the labor markets. It has happened before, especially during the early stages of the recovery from the 1990-91 recession. |
BusinessWeek
December 19, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S: Can Productivity Keep Up The Good Work? U.S. productivity must stay on track with pay gains to hold inflation at bay. |
BusinessWeek
August 22, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Doubts About The Productivity Slowdown What's the Federal Reserve to do about widely differing measures of productivity? |
Wired
April 2002
Chris Anderson |
Creative Disruption Productivity rates usually fall in a recession. Not this time... |
U.S. Banker
March 2010
Michael Widner |
A Long, Slow Slog For the first time in 50 years, consumers and businesses are shrinking their debt. Unemployment is higher than ever, and the jobs recovery will take years. So is the economic rebound sustainable? |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Seekers' Foe Is Also Their Best Hope Productivity is lifting incomes and that, eventually, will boost hiring. |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: This Time, Fed Tightening Shouldn't Make You Tense With jobs strong and inflation low, the economy is in fine shape |
BusinessWeek
August 13, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why Inflation Fears Are Unfounded The Fed will have plenty of time to reverse its huge stimulus, as unused labor and production capacity prevent price pressures from building. |
CFO
December 1, 2006
Edward Teach |
A Productive Debate Significant or not, the gap between pay and productivity is a subject that won't go away, particularly now that control of Congress is passing to the labor-friendly Democratic Party. |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2007
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Job Markets Will Decide The Fed's Next Move The low jobless rate, despite slower growth, heightens the inflation threat. |
BusinessWeek
July 21, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Deja Vu All over Again But unlike the early '90s, hiring now will take longer to turn around |
CIO
May 15, 2001 |
The Great Debate: I.T. & Productivity Two sides of the heated debate over productivity increases due to information technology. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: A Jobs Recovery, Yes. A Hiring Boom, No. Intense cost pressures and weak pricing will keep payrolls from surging |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004 |
Productivity: Who Wins, Who Loses The U.S. is reaping big -- but uneven -- gains from its highly efficient workforce |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Greater Expectations for Second-Half GDP Growth Economists are raising their second-half forecasts to 2% to 3%, a pace that would increase the chances for a sustainable economic recovery. |
BusinessWeek
April 22, 2010
Tom Keene |
Tom Keene: A Chat with JPMorgan's Bruce Kasman A talk with JPMorgan Chase's chief economist about the economy and the outlook for jobs in the U.S. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Jaumotte & Tytell |
Globalization of Labor Globalization is a vital force sustaining world growth, but policymakers need to ensure that all people benefit by strengthening access to education and training, adopting adequate social safety nets, and improving the functioning of labor markets. |
BusinessWeek
January 26, 2004
Michael J. Mandel |
So Where Are The Jobs? Maybe They're Not On The Way Continued weakness in the labor market raises the question of whether the link between job growth and gross-domestic-product growth, which economists have long accepted, has been broken. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Strong Labor Markets Put The Fed On The Spot Weak productivity and rising labor costs could force more rate hikes. |
BusinessWeek
July 28, 2003 |
Welcome to the Amazing Jobless Recovery It will take 340,000 new jobs a month to get back to near-full employment by late 2004. Sadly, there's little chance of that happening |
Reason
July 2004
Brink Lindsey |
10 Truths About Trade Is globalization sending the best American jobs overseas? Hard facts about offshoring, imports, and jobs. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Rich Smith |
Picture of the Day: Help Wanted! Whether employers want to hire or not. Lower productivity may not be unqualifiedly good news, but by my count, that's at least two big cheers for it. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2009
Michael Mandel |
Why Rising Productivity Is Cause for Worry The numbers may indicate that companies are shedding professionals - and that can undercut growth in the long term. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2005
Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- More Jobs Will Be Lost What will happen to the U.S. economy as manufacturing employment continues to shrink? Manufacturing workers will be hurt, but not the U.S. economy generally. |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2007
Michael Mandel |
Are You a Victim of 'Phantom' GDP? Here are four signs to help you determine whether your industry's output and productivity are being overstated. |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2010
Peter Coy |
Why One Economist Predicts Slow Growth Northwestern's Robert Gordon predicts the U.S. will soon be generating the slowest GDP growth per capita in its history. |
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Low Unemployment Raises An Old Inflation Debate Should the Federal Reserve keep hiking rates in the face of a tighter labor market? |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
The Face Of American Manufacturing The United States is the world's most productive country, but the global landscape has changed dramatically in recent years and even more changes are on the way. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Where All The Jobs Went Here's a sobering statistic: All nine recessions between 1948 and 1990 saw employment return to pre-recession levels within 31 months. Today, 42 months after our recession began, we've only regained about a fifth of lost jobs. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Ceyda Oner |
Back to Basics: What Constitutes Unemployment? Earlier this year, the International Labor Office announced that global unemployment last year reached the highest level on record. More than 200 million people, 7 percent of the global workforce, were looking for jobs in 2009. |
Job Journal
September 5, 2010
John Challenger |
Career Pros: Job Market Recovery is Stronger Than Many Think Compared to previous recessions, the job market is recovering quickly. |
BusinessWeek
July 23, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: A Second-Half Recovery Could Be Fleeting Output may rise to slow inventory depletion, but gains won't be sustainable without stronger consumer spending. Trouble is, job markets remain weak. |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004 |
The Price Of Efficiency Stop blaming outsourcing. The drive for productivity gains is the real culprit behind anemic job growth |
BusinessWeek
April 5, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Speed Bumps On The Road To More Jobs American businesses face powerful reasons not to hire |
BusinessWeek
January 26, 2004
Robert J. Barro |
Don't Sweat The Sickly Employment Numbers Job data can be unreliable. But runaway spending is real. |
