Missing jobs are a conversion problem, not just a demand problem Brookings

Missing jobs are a conversion problem, not just a demand problem Brookings

In many low- and middle-income countries, economic growth has been stronger than job creation. Output is increasing, firms are investing, and labor participation remains high, but fixed income employment is growing slowly. The informal system is still prevalent, and the working hours are often short. Recent evidence from different countries shows that GDP-employment elasticity in … Read more

Worried about the upcoming Strait of Hormuz inflation? The global economy has one word for you: Plastic

What the war in Iran means for the possibility

Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The price of naphtha may not keep you up at night considering the inflation that is yet to hit the economy from the US-Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but perhaps it should. As gas prices go up together crude oilthe cost … Read more