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The Fed’s Focus on the Labor Market

Monetary tightening is aimed at slowing demand growth relative to aggregate supply, which will require a sustained period of below-trend US economic growth. It is in the labor market that the Fed's monetary policy script will be written. Judging by Powell's presentation last week at Brookings, and given the outstanding fears of price-wage spirals.

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Read more about the article O Fed mira o mercado de trabalho

O Fed mira o mercado de trabalho

Demanda por trabalhadores excede a oferta de trabalho disponível e afeta controle da inflação nos EUA. A julgar pela apresentação de Jerome Powell na semana passada, em Brookings, e pelos receios de espirais entre preços e salários, é no mercado de trabalho que será escrito o script da política monetária do Fed.

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