What does this mean for their anti-inflation strategy?

It’s called the diffusion index.

Manufacturers are producing more goods with fewer workers, given the tight labor market. But the sector has been hiring more in recent months.

Despite the inflation surge, persistent supply bottlenecks, the damaging effects of COVID-19 and now a war in Europe, employers have added at least 400,000 jobs for 11 straight months.

The Labor Department’s report Friday also showed that the unemployment rate dropped from 4% to 3.8%.

There’s a disconnect between rising GDP and consumer spending — and the number of people out of work.

The figures suggest employers have rehired roughly all the workers they can afford to after laying off more than 22 million.

Usually there are lots of benefits and protections that come with being an employee instead of a gig worker, like being paid the minimum wage.

Two new Trump administration rules would limit the types of jobs H-1B workers can fill and require U.S. companies to pay them higher salaries. Businesses aren’t happy.

The jobs created in September obscure the fact that thousands were lost permanently and millions of people have stopped looking for work.