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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.

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MiB: Lakshman Achuthan, ECRI on Growth, Employment and Inflation Cycles

The Big Picture

In 2004, he co-authored Beating the Business Cycle: How to Predict and Profit From Turning Points in the Economy. Moore, at Columbia University in 1990; they formed ECRI with Anirvan Banerji in 1996. He serves on the board of governors for the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.

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Easier Aging

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The FT had a depressing article titled America's Sickness Economy. This has been an area of interest and a topic of conversation here since the start of the original blog site back in 2004. The US is spending more money to get inferior outcomes. Twenty years is a decent chunk of someone's life.

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Market Commentary: Slow Start For Stocks Despite Solid Job Gains

Carson Wealth

2023 Stock Gains Suggest a Solid (But Not Spectacular) 2024 The S&P 500 finally fell last week after nine consecutive weeks of gains, the longest weekly winning streak since 2004. A “Goldilocks” December jobs report highlights sustained momentum for the economy as it continues its path to normalization. History says to expect it.

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Market Commentary: Fundamentals May Be Aligned for Solid Stock Gains in 2024

Carson Wealth

ECONOMY The economy saw blockbuster productivity growth in the third quarter. ECONOMY: PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH COULD BE A GAME CHANGER Lost in all the consternation over a weak payroll report this month was robust productivity data, which was released earlier. But this was not because the productive capacity of the economy expanded.

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Things Change

The Better Letter

From the tech sector, the top ten included four names, including the entry of Apple (the first-generation iPhone was announced by then–Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007) and Google (which had only come to market in 2004). The broader economy matters. We’ll see what 2030 and beyond bring. Here are ten to start.

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How Will Indian Stock Markets React to 2024 Elections?

Trade Brains

A weak coalition will mean that it’s hard to predict how the economy will grow. This is similar to what happened in 2004 (the then NDA government lost) when the election results surprised the market, and the Sensex fell by 17% in just one trading session.