All Briefs
2021
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2022 Salary Increase Budgets Are the Highest Since 2008
December 07 | Gad Levanon, PhD, Former Vice President, Labor Markets, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The November Conference Board Salary Increase Budget Survey portends a 3.9% jump in wage costs for firms in 2022, compared to 3% reported in April.
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Job Growth Weakens as Renewed COVID-19 Uncertainty Looms
December 03 | Frank Steemers, Former Senior Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Commentary on today’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Report
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Don’t Forget the “G” in ESG (Shareholders Don’t Either)
November 19 | Merel Spierings, Former Senior Researcher, ESG Center, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The “G” in ESG is still a hot topic for investors, as demonstrated by the success of governance proposals in this year’s proxy season.
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October Retail Sales Robust as Holiday Period Begins
November 16 | Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, Global, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Retail spending in October rose $10.7 billion to $638.2 billion for the month – up 1.7 percent from the previous month and up 16.3 percent from a year earlier.
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Proposals on Political Activity Achieve Record Support
November 08 | Merel Spierings, Former Senior Researcher, ESG Center, The Conference Board | Comments (0)This Alert focuses on shareholder proposals during the 2021 proxy season on three subjects: (1) political contributions, which generally seek disclosure of campaign financing policies and practices, (2) “traditional lobbying,” which typically ask for disclosure on companies’ lobbying policies and practices, and (3) a new topic, climate-related lobbying, asking companies to explain how their lobbying efforts align with the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Job Growth Increases, No End in Sight for Labor Shortages
November 05 | Gad Levanon, PhD, Former Vice President, Labor Markets, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Commentary on October U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Report by Gad Levanon, Head of the Labor Market Institute, The Conference Board
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FOMC Meeting Reaction – Fed Begins Taper, Disagrees Over Inflation
November 03 | Dana M. Peterson, Chief Economist and Leader, Economy, Strategy & Finance Center, The Conference Board | Comments (0)As expected, the Fed announced the start of tapering of its large-scale asset purchases program (LSAP), and exhibited a more hawkish tone on inflation at its November meeting.
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Are Consumer Expectations Signaling Recession?
November 01 | Dana M. Peterson, Chief Economist and Leader, Economy, Strategy & Finance Center, The Conference Board | Lynn Franco, Former Senior Director, Economic Indicators and Surveys, The Conference Board | Comments (0)US consumer expectations as measured by The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index ticked up in October, but this followed three months of declines. Did the declines signal recession in 2022 or just a hiccup related to the Delta variant? We propose the latter.
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September Spending, Income, and Inflation Data Mixed
October 29 | Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, Global, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Comment on Personal Income & Outlays report for September – Erik Lundh, Principal Economist, The Conference Board
