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Economy, Strategy & Finance Briefs
2018
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A Culture of Innovation Drives Corporate Value
July 20 | Dr. James Gregory, Senior Fellow, The Conference Board | Comments (0)There are many and varied definitions of the word innovation. The word often conjures up visions of scientists in white lab coats holding clipboards, but the most successful innovations that drive business results are often small and incremental cultural innovations rather than dramatic large-scale R&D endeavors.
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Recession Signals from the UK Leading Economic Index
July 13 | Ilaria Maselli, Former Senior Economist, The Conference Board | Ataman Ozyildirim, Former Senior Director, Economics, The Conference Board | Andre Therrien, Former Research Analyst, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Is a recession on the horizon in the UK? The short answer to this question is: yes. The probability of a recession in the near term has risen substantially. The UK business cycle is maturing and the lack of certainty around Brexit makes it difficult for consumers and businesses to make plans about the future. These are the ingredients that recessions are made of. The long answer requires an in-depth (and wonkish) analysis of The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the UK.
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E-commerce continues to grow among U.S. consumers
June 18 | John Forsyth, Consumer Dynamics Leader, M&C Center, The Conference Board | Sumair Sayani, Vice President, The Demand Institute and Nielsen | Ben Cheng, Former Researcher, Economics Department, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Our March 2018 Consumer Confidence Survey shows evidence that e-commerce continues to grow among U.S. consumers of most age and income groups.
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Blue Collar Workers are no Longer Singing the Blues
June 04 | Gad Levanon, PhD, Former Vice President, Labor Markets, The Conference Board | Comments (1)The faster growth in wages for blue-collar workers is somewhat surprising, especially since throughout most recent history, white-collar wage growth was higher. We expect labor markets to continue to tighten in the coming years, which will only apply more wage and price pressures across the economy. There are already signs that faster wage growth is already spilling over to producer prices.
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The Rising Role of Older Women in the Labor Force and Why “Full Employment” May Get Still Fuller
June 04 | Diane Lim, PhD, Principal Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The rise of women relative to men in the labor force—along with the relative increase in female-dominated and generally lower-paying service sector employment—may be one significant reason why wage growth in this economic recovery has not been as fast as expected or what we are used to experiencing. But it’s also a reason why we can think optimistically that the labor market (and our economy’s true capacity) still hasn’t maxed out.
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Financial Times Op-Ed: We May be Missing the Productivity Revival in the Global Economy
May 09 | Bart van Ark, Managing Director, The Productivity Institute, The University of Manchester | Comments (0)Policymakers returned home from last month’s spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF with a clear message. The current short-term outlook provides no guarantee for sustained economic growth in the medium-term. Not surprisingly the word “productivity” therefore appears many times in this edition of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook. Productivity growth will be one of the most effective ways to prevent the recent upswing in global growth from slowing down prematurely.