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Monetary + fiscal policies that boost employment, wages and job quality. Follow our team: @IrvingSwisher @ArnabDatta321 @vebaccount @ash_georgexx @PrestonMui

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Employ America
9 months
To close out 2023, Employ America will spend the month of December rallying support. If you’ve found our work useful or interesting, please consider making a donation! 1/3
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Employ America
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Today for our Employ America December Support Drive™ I’d like to feature our Senior Counsel, @ArnabDatta321 . Arnab started with us way back in 2019, our first “hire” outside of the founding team. Here he is, laughing with all his friends, who are just out of frame. 1/6
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Employ America
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Today for Employ America Fundraising Month™, I’d like to tell you all about our fearless leader, Executive Director Skanda Amarnath aka @IrvingSwisher . I couldn’t ask for a better boss, and I hope you’ll feel inspired to donate to keep us going: 1/4
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Employ America
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Tune in at 3pm ET today to see Employ America's Executive Director Skanda Amarnath ( @irvingswisher ) testify to the Joint Economic Committee's hearing on The Boom in US Manufacturing Investment Watch it live:
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Employ America
2 years
First, Employ America wins trivia. Next up, full employment!
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We're ready to party!
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DC folks! We're hosting a Friends of Employ America happy hour next week, we'd love to see you there! RSVP here:
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We're hiring! Come join the Employ America team this summer. Ideal for undergrads and recent graduates but open to all. If interested, please send cover letter + resume to jobs @employamerica .org.
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Hi! This is Jillian Hernandez, Senior Research Counsel, tweeting. We spoke to 8 organizations who help formerly incarcerated and criminal justice-involved folks find work. Here’s what they had to say about the job market for their clients:
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@IrvingSwisher @sam_a_bell Before joining EA in 2019 as Research Director, Skanda was a market economist & strategist at a hedge fund, bringing essential (and rare) markets expertise to our economic policy advocacy. He also previously worked at the Fed Bank of New York with EA Senior Economist @PrestonMui
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Hiring rates have cooled to the point where the job market alone is no longer a reason to keep rates high — a complete flip from the last three years.
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@IrvingSwisher EA co-founder and board president @sam_a_bell met Skanda online years ago, and recognized something special. Sam was unrelenting, and eventually Skanda agreed to talk about the idea that would become Employ America. 2/4
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@IrvingSwisher @sam_a_bell @PrestonMui While helping Employ America go from brand-new org to a respected name in econ policy, Skanda also attended Columbia Law full-time, where he earned his JD in 2022. He is practically unbeatable in Geoguessr and leads the undefeated* EA Bar Trivia Team. We’re lucky to have him! 4/4
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Employ America is looking for an experienced fundraiser to help us grow and sustain our organization as we help achieve a sustainably better macroeconomy for American workers. Please apply, or share with anyone you think might be a great fit!
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@PrestonMui @petercoy Outside of EA, the most Preston thing ever is this video of him rescuing a duckling from a sewer while wearing full-on cycling kit!🦆🚴 4/5
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Employ America
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New from EA and @tragicbios : Faulty assumptions underlie how the CBO evaluates unemployment multipliers
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Former New York Fed President Bill Dudley agrees; we need to follow the data, and the data is telling us that a July cut should be on the table via @opinion
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Employ America
9 months
Over the next month, we’ll share some of our favorite pieces of Employ America writing and analysis, featuring our fantastic team: @IrvingSwisher @vebaccount @ash_georgexx @PrestonMui and @ArnabDatta321 . Your support makes their work possible, so consider donating! 2/3
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@ArnabDatta321 @IFP Arnab is an essential member of the Employ America team, and we’re so lucky to be a place where his talents can be used to create better economic policy. Contribute to EA today to take Arnab’s work into 2024 and beyond! 6/6
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Employ America
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Today for Fundraising Month, we’re highlighting perhaps our highest-profile impact - our work on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, led by @IrvingSwisher and @ArnabDatta321 , with data, analysis and research support from @vebaccount and @ash_georgexx 1/7
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Employ America
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Today for Employ America’s end-of-year support drive, meet Senior Economist Preston Mui ( @prestonmui )! Preston joined us last May after finishing his Economics PhD at UC-Berkeley. He leads our Fed analysis, and labor market monitoring. 1/5
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We're hiring a research & policy associate! Please RT or fwd this on to anyone passionate about an equitable, worker-first economy!
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@IrvingSwisher @vebaccount @ash_georgexx @PrestonMui @ArnabDatta321 We know that asking for money can get annoying. So we’ll also share our favorite pieces, staff bios, cute gifs and other stuff along the way. Whether you donate today, or in response to our 78th ask later in December, we hope that something inspires you to support us 🥰 3/3
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Employ America
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Employ America is hiring! If you want to work with us toward tighter labor markets (and the better jobs and wages that follow), check out our posting:
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Employ America
4 years
Has COVID-19 threatened your financial survival? Laid off/lost hours, no customers, cancelled fundraiser, etc? Tell us about it and help us shape the national response.
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Employ America
4 years
Excellent piece from @Claudia_Sahm about the need to make relief packages tied to real economic conditions on the ground, now and for the future
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@ArnabDatta321 Arnab has done some tremendous work developing anti-inflationary policy, like our proposal to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to mitigate oil-price-related inflation spikes. Check out our most recent SPR piece here: 2/6
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@ArnabDatta321 Before joining Employ America, he’s previously worked as a kindergarten teacher, a speechwriter, and in the Senate. He also holds a law degree from George Washington University where he served as Articles Editor for the George Washington Law Review. 4/6
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Employ America
4 years
We are very excited to announce that Sudiksha Joshi and Becca Stein are joining us as Data Analysts for the summer. Sudiksha is a current graduate student at Penn State University. Becca is a recent graduate from the Unviersity of Virginia.
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Employ America
9 months
Big news from the DOE - check out this thread from @ArnabDatta321 to learn what it all means for oil price stability!
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Arnab Datta
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Friday SPR thread: really exciting to see @ENERGY successfully acquire 2.7m barrels of crude for delivery in January, and announce a new solicitation for Feb for another 3m barrels. 1/
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Meet our Policy Associate Ashley George, @ash_georgexx ! Ashley joined in 2022, after serving as an @ICMA Fellow in State College PA (w/some time on the Hill previous). Her work focuses on policy research; esp housing, healthcare, & industrial policy 1/4
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NEWS: Mnuchin has the power to extend Cares-related Fed programs, per Congressional Research Service anlaysis
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🙌🙌🙌 tighter labor markets create more opportunities for more people!
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Employ America
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New today from Arnab and Ashley, in collaboration with @IFP , the latest installment of Hot Rocks!
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Arnab Datta
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Next-gen geothermal has a capital problem. In our fourth installment of Hot Rocks, @ash_georgexx and I show how policymakers can encourage capital investment for next-gen geothermal projects. 1/
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Employ America
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Check out our own @ArnabDatta321 at Ecomodernism 2022!
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@IrvingSwisher @ArnabDatta321 @vebaccount @ash_georgexx It started when Russia invaded Ukraine. The Employ America team knew the war was bad news for price stability, so we made a plan: use the SPR to keep oil prices in check and prevent some of the broader inflation that can stem from oil price spikes: 2/7
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Employ America
4 years
Kevin Warsh served on the Fed and he was as anti-Main Street as you can get. This smacks of insincerity -- and trying for another shot at Fed Chair.
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Lisa Abramowicz
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The Fed seems "to be incredibly aggressive even as risk assets are at incredible highs. I wish that same aggressiveness was being felt in the policies they are putting on Main Street:” ex-Fed Governor Kevin Warsh @ferrotv @tomkeene @alisterbull1
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Employ America
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Thanks for joining us! If you missed it, you can catch the vid (as well as watch our past live streams) on our channel: Don't forget to "smash" that subscribe button
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Employ America
4 years
Livestream happening in ~5 mins: @sam_a_bell and @PeterContiBrown discuss 13(3) and the Fed's lending programs!
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Employ America
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Employ America is now accepting applications for a mid-level Development Manager to help us further build out our fundraising - check out our posting here for more info!
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@IrvingSwisher @ArnabDatta321 @vebaccount @ash_georgexx Skanda and Arnab put this not-so-simple problem in very plain language in that first SPR piece: “The response to the current crisis must be economically and politically viable in the short-term, while reducing our reliance on fossil fuels over the long-term.” 3/7
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Employ America
5 years
Employ America is at @urbaninstitute recruiting some brilliant @SadieCollective members. If you're at the conference, come say hi! #sadiecollective
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Employ America
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Our own @ArnabDatta321 on ChinaTalk discussing how a Strategic Resilience Reserve can help establish and preserve supply lines for critical minerals, which will be essential in the green energy transition. Listen here!
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Jordan Schneider
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at ChinaTalk the bangers keep coming! emergency pod with @ArnabDatta321 and @M_C_Klein on JD's economics, SPR, and critical minerals
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Big congrats to Skanda!!! 🦅
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Skanda Amarnath
2 years
Nothing has changed for me professionally (thankfully!), except getting some needed bandwidth back and a healthier work-life balance. Been a long, stressful, and intellectually rewarding three years. Countless to thank. Very happy and relieved to have made it to the other side.
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Newest from @ArnabDatta321 and @ash_georgexx on SPR moves the Administration has made (and could be making!) This is possible because of support from people who find our work valuable. If you count yourself among them, consider donating today!
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Skanda Amarnath
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Dept of Energy is correctly responding to lower oil prices by acquiring oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Great to see, but still more can be done. New from @ArnabDatta321 & @ash_georgexx : DOE Can Buy More Oil: A Roadmap for Maximizing Acquisition
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Employ America
3 years
Hey macro folks! We're looking for freelance designers (particularly focused on layout/document design) and freelance Javascript / Node .js / Ghost CMS coders / developers for upcoming projects. Please DM if interested!
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"The timing of the surge in manufacturing construction is the most compelling evidence that CHIPs and IRA are having a sizeable impact on the willingness of manufacturers to build and improve their facilities" - @IrvingSwisher
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Employ America
4 years
Our own @sam_a_bell on Macro Musings today w/ @DavidBeckworth ! Great convo
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David Beckworth
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Thrilled to get @sam_a_bell back on the show today to talk the big issues of 2021 facing the Fed, including who may be nominated for Fed chair and VC for supervisions, how to know when we are at full employment, the new framework details & more! (1/2)
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@IrvingSwisher @ArnabDatta321 @vebaccount @ash_georgexx We’re now taking that approach to various Critical Minerals whose consistent supply will be essential to the green transition. See that work linked here: 6/7
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@IrvingSwisher @ArnabDatta321 @vebaccount @ash_georgexx Climate change is a major issue, and a key challenge for us in developing these policy proposals was to balance immediate needs - like predictable gas prices - with the long-term need to build green infrastructure and reduce oil production 4/7
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Employ America
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Data analysts: come work with us this summer! See details below.
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Employ America
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We're hiring! Come join the Employ America team this summer. Ideal for undergrads and recent graduates but open to all. If interested, please send cover letter + resume to jobs @employamerica .org.
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Check out @IrvingSwisher 's segment on "What'd You Miss?" yesterday with @TheStalwart @CarolineHydeTV and @romainebostick
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New today from EA, courtesy of @PrestonMui and @vebaccount !
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Alex Williams
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If you’re sick of hearing about job vacancies — sick of pretending that hiring only happens when people walk past a building with a “Help Wanted” sign in the window and their eyes bug out like Looney Toons — boy do we have a research report for you!
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Employ America
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Unfortunately tomorrow's FOMC watch party is cancelled because so many members of our Fed community are out of town. Please shoot us a DM if you would like to be on our mailing list for future parties!
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We're looking for someone to lead our new earned revenue projects at EA! The right person could have a background in fundraising, product/project management, marketing, or something else entirely. Please apply if you're interested!
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EA’s @ArnabDatta321 joined @Tishaschuller on the #realdecarbonization podcast to talk about the steps the federal government can take to boost oil production and provide energy price stability on the road to decarbonization. Listen to the full episode:
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Big new piece today from @PrestonMui and @IrvingSwisher - our playbook for achieving the soft landing. How do we stave off recession risks that threaten the our progress post-pandemic (both in fighting inflation and keeping labor markets tight?) 1/3
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@ash_georgexx @ICMA @IFP We’re excited for Ashley to bring her creative, pragmatic policy approach to examine how we can create more price stability in sectors like housing and healthcare - which are major contributors to inflation - in 2024. Support her work, donate today! 4/4
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Employ America
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Wonderful response to our piece on 1950's inflation from @rbrtrmstrng
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@IrvingSwisher on Bloomberg: 1) job growth is more coincident to the economy than inflation 2) let's worry more about the QUALITY of the deficit
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This is also us every time someone reads the latest from us
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Me every time someone reads the latest from @employamerica
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Happy Birthday Liz! 🎂 It's great to have you here!!!
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Kate Bahn
4 years
Today is a pretty powerful day for birthdays! @equitablegrowth ’s @kzickuhr , @employamerica ’s @ENPancotti , @KateBushMusic , and the late Nana Bahn! Happy birthday to all of you all!
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Employ America
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Here's Skanda with your Jobs Day rundown - this kind of real-time, data-driven analysis and forecasting are some of what we do best here at Employ America. We're running a fundraising drive during the month of December - consider contributing if you can!
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Skanda Amarnath
9 months
Not all of what I flagged panned out, but despite messy forces, not too much has changed: 1. Unemployment is not trending higher. Recession is still very avoidable. 2. Job gains are solid, but remain in a slowing trend 3. Cooling nominal wage growth, solid real wage growth
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@IrvingSwisher @ArnabDatta321 @vebaccount @ash_georgexx You can support our work across SPR, critical mineral supply chains, and all our other econ goodies by donating here. We appreciate your support, and look forward to even bigger things in 2024! 7/7
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@PrestonMui @petercoy We’re so fortunate to have Preston’s expertise, analytical skills, and rigorous approach on our team (especially this week👀) Donate to Employ America today to see what he has in store for 2024! 5/5
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Employ America
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Hey @AHESHowardU we host a press conference watch party in DC every time the FOMC meets! If any Fed Watchers at Howard want on the invite list, just dm us your email, we'd love to see you there!
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Employ America
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Watch Employ America's @sam_a_bell and @IrvingSwisher talk LIVE with @jc_econ @pearkes and @conorsen about the upcoming FOMC meeting at 2:30 ET TODAY here:
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“While I think there are actually a lot of merits to having some broad-based policies that are supportive of all industries, there is also a certain quantum of investment that is needed in a lot of cases, especially in capital-intensive sectors.”
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Are you a fierce advocate for full employment and a better economy for America? Do you want to be? Perhaps you should check out our open Policy Lead position and apply!
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Employ America
3 years
We fixed our signup page, so you can sign up to see updates like this in your inbox at ! 🎉
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Skanda Amarnath
3 years
Today we provided an update on what our #FloorGLI framework prescribes for Fed policy. We are rapidly approaching the labor mkt's 'level target' for recovering the jobs and wages this recession (a necessary cond'n for any tightening under our framework)
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@sam_a_bell @IrvingSwisher @jc_econ @pearkes @conorsen (if you can't catch it live, we'll post the video afterward!)
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