Central Banks Are Choking Productivity

Central Banks Are Choking Productivity If the Economy were a car, productivity would be the engine. Heated seats, on-demand 4-wheel drive and light-sensitive tinted windshields, are allSee Original Article Slow Growth Is Getting Really Old 11: Productivity growth, output for an hour worked, fell 0.5% in the second quarter, disappointing economists and investors alike. Economists … Read more

A More Productive Way to Look at Productivity

A More Productive Way to Look at Productivity Are we in a productivity recession? Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, labor productivity has fallen for three straight quarters—the longest slump sinceSee Original Article IMF urges S.Korea to use fiscal measures to support economy They include a rapidly ageing population, reliance on exports and lagging productivity. … Read more

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2016 Article IV Consultation with the Republic of Korea

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2016 Article IV Consultation with the Republic of Korea They underscored the need to promote competition in the service sector and among small and medium enterprises to raise productivity. They alsoSee Original Article Productivity decreased 0.4 percent from Q2 2015 to Q2 2016 From the second quarter of 2015 to the … Read more

Mercantilist Myths That Refuse To Die

Mercantilist Myths That Refuse To Die This standard (and correct) economist response continues: American-workers' relatively high productivity is, in turn, the result of America having aSee Original Article Smart Sleep Monitor Industry 2016 Global Productivity, Market Developments, Applications … The segments of the Smart Sleep Monitor market by various key criteria are analyzed in detail … Read more