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2023/07/14 / Erste Group Research

US labor market strong, but not overheated

As one of two Fed targets, developments in the US labor market naturally get a lot of attention from the markets. Cooling of the labor market will likely be a consequence of rate hikes to achieve the inflation target, but it is not a prerequisite. The labor market is not overheated and, on the whole, has developed during the last few years as economic growth would have suggested.

However, the labor market is different now than it was before the pandemic. This is due to shifts within the labor market that were triggered by the pandemic and have not yet been reversed.


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AuthorErste Group Research
Date2023/07/14
Languageen
Product nameWeek ahead
Topic in focusMacro/ Fixed income
Economy in focusEurozone, United States
Currency in focusEuro, US Dollar
Sector in focus-
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