... siderable slack in global labor markets. With emerging markets looking to improve their own standards of living, this spare capacity will likely be with us for many years. Overall it should continue t ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-28
... educe the slack in labor markets and lead to a gradual rise in compensation. A good measure of under-employment, U-6 – which includes those working part time but desiring a full time job and discourag ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-26
... economic slack line up with measures of the output gap. This makes the task of policymakers in the advanced economies even more complex, but the biggest risk is still that they withdraw policy stimul ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-15
... ndustrial slack to put out their own supplements to the grand plan. The existing Capital Economic Circle centered on Beijing encompasses only 10 or so percent of the national economic output, far less ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-15
Beijing is encouraging qualified private investors to establish more community clinics in the city, news website caixin.com reported Tuesday. The city government wants them to pick up the slack caused ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
... esponding slack season for steel production may bring a short-term recession in demand for iron ore, it said, referring to a Shanghai Securities News report on Friday. Stockpiles of iron ore at 25 maj ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-11