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Central Bankers vs. The Bond Market | Roger Hirst

Forward Guidance

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Why the Labor Market Looks Tight in the US?

Job openings are still historically relatively high versus the total number of people who would like to have a job, so the unemployed. So there is that tightness, but at the same time, whilst wages have been going up, real wages have been relatively subdued. This is why I say labor, or the jobs market looks tight, but it's not strong because we're getting inflation beating wage increases. At the moment, employers are still more powerful than employees. But if we do see unemployment picking up, then that will probably won't happen.

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