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It's been suggested the employment is because people are being forced to take on multiple jobs to make ends meet, not because there are more people getting jobs
by nightski 4y ago
It's been suggested the employment is because people are being forced to take on multiple jobs to make ends meet, not because there are more people getting jobs.
Gas affects the prices of nearly everything in the economy so I have no idea how you would conclude it's not a large portion of spending. I work in commodities and we are seeing massive price increases simply due to fuel & freight costs.
- dazhengca 4y agohttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12026620 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12026620 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/U6RATE https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/U6RATE That doesn’t appear to be the cae
- nightski 4y agoThis is good data, but I am guessing it does not take into account the gig economy which I wonder what the effect of that is.
- snikeris 4y agoThe government can stimulate employment by pumping money into its favored causes. So what you end up with is plenty of people employed but not producing things that people actually want. Unfortunately, we can't even imagine the wonders that people might have produced if their resources were instead allocated towards satisfying consumers.