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Job Market. Overview. Alternative measures of the job market together provide different insights into the job market Sources of Data: Establishment Survey: nonfarm payrolls, etc. Household Survey: unemployment rate, etc. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Job Market

Job Market

OverviewAlternative measures of the job market together provide different insights into the job marketSources of Data:Establishment Survey: nonfarm payrolls, etc.Household Survey: unemployment rate, etc.Understand the behavior of the job market during previous recessions and recoveries

Unemployment and InflationNAIRU (aka natural rate)Includes frictional and structural unemployment (not due to recessions)Provides a benchmark for the job marketUnemployment differing from NAIRU affects compensation, thus affecting cost pressures that impact inflation