Productivity in Europe is slowing, putting a damper on real wage increases, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found. In its “World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2025” chapter, the ILO highlights that labour productivity has declined since the COVID-19 pandemic. Real labour productivity per hour worked in the EU-27 economies fell by 0.1% per …
Tag: productivity
The consumer, the average citizen, continues to suffer…
In April, former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers drew laughs from investors when he said the Fed’s next move might be tightening, not easing. In other words, Mr. Summers is predicting another rate hike, which could cause the markets to… explode. And the truth is that few traders are still laughing. Of course, the likelihood …
The digital dollar and the collapse in the “fake” wealth of the markets
Why did the decoupling of production from consumption through the operation of financial markets and the leverage of values become the greatest historical economic experiment? The financial “bubble” that began in the late 1980s is expected to burst with a wave sweeping away the forms of economies we know. “Bad currency” had long driven out …
USA: Black hole in the US economy – Impossible to finance Ukraine
The “black hole” in the American defense economy risks swallowing the economy of the superpower, and the role of the “global policeman” is called into question… So far, the White House has justified its unwavering support for Ukraine by citing principles such as defending democracy and freedom — both in Ukraine and in the West. …
Why does GDP growth equal population growth and productivity growth?
Even before the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world had entered a strange phase, where the demographic pyramid after many generations was being reversed, as the world is getting older. The effects of this aging were first seen in Japan (the first post-development economy) and then in the E.U. and China which are the …
The Productive Issue of an Economy
In order to see if an economy has entered a long-term path of dynamic development that will inevitably result in its transformation within a few years into a structurally sound and modern economy, we should establish and investigate whether this corresponds to reality by examining its production model for to find out if there is …
How can Wages increase in practice?
Although nominal wages rose sharply in the 1980s, high inflation did not allow for an increase in real terms. Over the past decade, the average real wage has been on an upward trend, but then the Covid-19 pandemic and high inflation created strong pressures on incomes. The growth of economies today supports significant wage growth …
The Reasons That Lead the Global Economy to “Difficult Paths”
The world economy is likely to be headed for a new recession and overall a time of difficulties. Things are not so good. This has to do with the combination of a number of structural trends currently permeating the global economy. 1. Inflation is here to stay There is a more structural dimension to inflation, …
The US “Productivity Paradox” appears again
The recent release of data on non-farm labor productivity in the US economy confirmed concern about a continued downward trend in this critical indicator. Labor productivity fell in the second quarter of 2022 by 4.6% as output fell by 2.1% and total hours worked increased by 2.6%. Compared to a year ago productivity fell by …
The Eurozone/EU Economy for the forthcoming Decade (2021-2030)
The Eurozone & EU economy equally is expected to start recovering by the end of Q3 2021. But until then the economies of the euro area member countries will be characterized by high budget deficits in their annual government budgets, by high public debts (in some euro area member countries general government debt will exceed …