About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of productivity growth, labor market concerns, and rising inflation pressures.

This week, our 3 Things are: Productivity boom or savings drain? Peeling the onion on sources of growth. Labor pessimism. Is the jobs picture really “weak and fragile”? Inflation pressure. It’s building.

People in this episode

Host: KBRA

Topics covered

• Productivity
• Labor Market
• Inflation
• Economic Growth
• Job Market

Keywords

• Productivity boom
• savings drain
• Labor pessimism
• inflation pressure
• economic growth

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