REPLAY | DE | Monthly | Employment Conference Call | Jobs, Employment and the Economy Closing Out the Old Decade—Labor Market and Economy in 2020- 1/10/20

Posted January 10, 2020 by rvillareal

Jobs, Employment and the Economy Closing Out the Old Decade—
Labor Market and Economy in 2020

December Employment Report—End of a Decade and Beginning of a New Decade

• The Labor Market at Yearend
  • Nonfarm Payroll Jobs; the Unemployment Rate; Household Survey Employment; Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Q4 2019 and Q1 2020 Economy Implications of the Labor Market Report
  • Recession Scare Over?
• DE “Basic Prospect” for 2020 and Beyond and Macro Alternative Scenarios and Risks
• Risks Going Forward—Some Abated, Some Stepping-Up
  • The Economy and Its Nitty-Gritty
  • Policy Stance—Stimulative or Fading Into Restriction
  • Risks—Trade, Monetary Policy U.S. and Elsewhere, Politics and Geopolitics
  • External Shocks—Analysis and Expectations
• Unemployment and Price Inflation—Wither the “Phillips Curve” Still “Dead”? Why Such Low Inflation—The $64 Question?
• Financial Market Prospects—Interest Rates, Equity Market, U.S. Dollar and Dollar Politics