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REPLAY| Employment Conference Call | How Long Can Good Times in the Labor Market Roll? Late Summer Labor Market – 9/1/23
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- Late Summer
Employment—Strong? Moderating? On the Weak Side?
- Jobs (Nonfarm Payrolls, Overall and Private); Persons Working (Hh. Survey), Looking for Work (Labor Force)); Unemployment Rate—Still Superlow or Rising?
- Strengths, Weaknesses—Labor Market Puzzles and Possibilities
- Full Employment Still?
- Labor Costs (Avg. Hrly. Earns., AHE)—Both Income and a Business Cost
- Economy Outlook
- Baseline (“No Recession”, Odds 60%)
- Alternatives—“Recession,” Odds 25%; Fed Forecast “Below Trend Growth”, (Odds 10%); “Cyclical Reacceleration,” (Odds 5%)
- Fed and the
Monetary Policy Prospect
- Messages from Jackson Hole
- On Hold or Higher!—High for a Long Time a Strong Message
- Financial Markets’
Implications—Short- and Longer-Run Tendencies and Trends
- “Bearish” Fixed Income Markets Trend
- “Bullish” U.S. Dollar Tendency
- “Bullish” but Volatile Equity Market—S&P Point Fair Value Currently 4500; Range 4800 to 4200