Matthew C. Klein
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Where a Labor Shortage Is Most Acute: Manufacturing, Retail, and Transportation.
The latest data on job openings, hiring, and quits imply that workers who produce and distribute physical goods are the ones in highest demand, writes Matthew C. Klein → Read More
Barron’s 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance: Elizabeth Warren
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) may have lost the Democrats’ presidential primary, but she’s managed to win many of the major intellectual arguments driving the choices of the Biden administration. Warren made her academic career studying consumer bankruptcy—and first entered the political arena nearly two decades ago by clashing with then Sen. Joe Biden over changes to the code that would… → Read More
Are Supply Constraints Starting to Hit U.S. Manufacturing? Bad Weather? Or Both?
Vaccines should ease bottlenecks in some sectors, but others will require some combination of lower demand and more capacity, writes Matthew C. Klein. → Read More
A Look Back at a Year of Economic Extremes, in 10 Charts
The pandemic drove economic anomalies that haven’t been seen since the Great Depression, or ever, while also stirring booms in home building and saving. The... → Read More
There Will Be a Bunch of Data on the Motor Vehicle Sector on Tuesday. What to Watch.
One of the most important sectors of the U.S. economy has been sending mixed signals for months. → Read More
The Jobs Recovery Has Been Robust. It’s Still Leaving Millions Behind.
The October gains were robust, but the current growth rate just isn’t fast enough to prevent lasting damage to careers and livelihoods for many Americans,... → Read More
Hiring Has Slowed. U.S. Aid Has Dried Up. The Recovery Is Shaky.
As of mid-September, there were still 7% fewer Americans with a job than in February. That translates to about 11.7 million fewer people working than before the pandemic. → Read More
Manufacturing’s Recovery Isn’t Everything It Seems. Here’s Why.
The rebound in shipments of durable goods continues—excluding the beleaguered aerospace sector. But producers continue to draw down inventories to meet customer demand, writes Matthew C. Klein. → Read More
What to Watch For This Week in Financial News
It’s a big week for Canadian financial stocks, tech names such as Palo Alto Networks and Intuit, and economic news. → Read More
Why the July Jobs Report Could Be Ugly
Other data from the government and private-sector sources all suggest the labor market recovery has stalled. → Read More
These Industries Were Hardest Hit in the First 100 Days of the Pandemic. Where They Are Headed Next.
The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on March 11, and many industries suffered in the economic fallout. Here’s a look... → Read More
Buried in May’s Jobs Data: Virus’ Impact Spread Further to White-Collar Workers
The biggest job losses last month were at local governments, followed by passenger transportation, and media. → Read More
There’s Little to Fear From China’s ‘Rise.’ Why the U.S. Will Likely Prevail in the Long Run.
Far from displacing the U.S. economically, the likelier outcome is that China will soon enter a long period of relative decline. → Read More
America’s Manufacturing Pain Is Concentrated in Aerospace and Autos
But the rest of the capital-goods sector is holding up much better—for now. → Read More
85% of Californians Who Filed for Unemployment Expect to Get Their Job Back Once the Crisis Ends
About 85% of all California unemployment-insurance applicants since mid-March reported they expect to get their old job back once the crisis ends. That is up... → Read More
U.S. Manufacturing Has Collapsed. Don’t Look to China’s Reopening for Hope.
New surveys of purchasing managers in the manufacturing industry, published the Institute of Supply Management and IHS Markit, show a decline in activity as bad as anything in 2008-09. → Read More
The Coronavirus Has Already Made Us Poorer for Years to Come
In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, productivity will be lower, households will be more risk-averse, and tens of millions of workers will endure... → Read More
The Federal Reserve’s Emergency Lending Has Peaked. At Least for Now.
The global dollar shortage is gradually subsiding. But money is now starting to show up in strange places. → Read More
Everyone Is Desperate for Dollars, and the Fed is Lending like 2008
Latest Federal Reserve data show emergency loans are up more than $500 billion since the end of February. → Read More
How to Fix Germany’s Ailing Economy
The contraction of Germany’s export markets presents the country with a valuable opportunity to overhaul its economic model by having Germans spend more on themselves. → Read More