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Question #2 for 2024: How much will job growth slow in 2024? Or will the economy lose jobs?

Calculated Risk

2) Employment: Through November 2023, the economy added 2.6 Or will the economy lose jobs? The bad news - for job growth - is that a combination of a slowing economy, demographics and a labor market near full employment suggests fewer jobs will be added in 2024. Or will the economy lose jobs? million jobs in 2023.

Economy 298
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Market Concentration

The Big Picture

These reflect the economic dominance of one specific part of the economy or another for very long periods of time. You might be surprised at the findings. As the chart above shows, there are long periods of market concentration.

Marketing 316
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Question #1 for 2023: How much will the economy grow in 2023? Will there be a recession in 2023?

Calculated Risk

1) Economic growth: Economic growth was probably close to 1% in 2022 as the economy slowed following the economic rebound in 2021. How much will the economy grow in 2023? Defaulting on the debt with an already weak economy will likely push the economy into recession. Or will the economy lose jobs? 2008 0.1% -2.5%

Economy 278
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Surprise! California’s 40 Qs of Rising Minimum Wage & Fast Food Industry Growth (Beating USA)

The Big Picture

Economies are extremely dynamic, ever-changing on a day-to-day basis. Let’s have a look: Over the 10 year period from 2014 to 2023, CA has grown its QSR workforce by 31.5% I will, however, make a couple of substantive points by way of rebuttal: Correlation is not causation. to only 19.5% to just 18.8%

Food 306
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Collapse in Prospective Home Buyer Traffic

The Big Picture

Sure, RRE/CRE is a huge part of the economy, so its health is always important. But for the purposes of our discussion about the state of the economy and rising interest rates, Real Estate is where the rubber meets the road. Rising Fed Funds Rates make capital and credit more expensive; the calculus around both debt and equity shifts.

Budgeting 363
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U.S. Demographics: Largest 5-year cohorts, and Ten most Common Ages in 2022

Calculated Risk

There will be plenty of "gray hairs" walking around in 2030, but the key for the economy is the population in the prime working age group is now increasing. As I noted in 2014, this was positive for apartments, and more recently positive for housing. And this is a positive for the economy.

Economy 363
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"Short Memories"

Calculated Risk

This was written in 2014, but I never published it! But for the economy and policy, short memories are a negative. And once again the riches will flow, until the economy suffers. A short comment on "short memories". Voters have "short memories". Sometimes "short memories" are good.

Budgeting 277