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World economy 11th April 2014

Stronger US wage growth should underpin firming inflation backdrop

LONDON | By Michael Gapen at Barclays | Persistent improvement in US labor markets has caused the Fed to continue tapering and to alter its quantitative policy rate guidance in favor of qualitative language indicating that the committee is prepared to maintain the current target rate for the federal funds rate for “a considerable time after the asset purchase program ends, especially if projected inflation continues to run below the Committee’s 2 percent longer-run goal.”

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World economy 17th March 2014

The labor market in Canada and in the US

SAO PAULO | By Marcus Nunes | David Andolfatto has an interesting take: “The question is this: Would you expect the labor market in the U.S. border states to look more like the Canadian labor market or more like the U.S. labor market?”

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Spanish economy 13th November 2013

Politicians get sloppy with Spanish labour market

MADRID | By Carlos Díaz Güell | We are facing a new era in global economy: the rise of the so-called “new economy,” full of challenges and uncertainties that can’t be ignored so as to be on the road to growth. However, Spanish politicians seem to turn a deaf ear and to ignore the needs of the labour market.

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World economy 19th June 2013

The myth of lower wages and job creation

MADRID | By Luis Arroyo | Lower salaries do not always bring more employment. This is a myth. The liberalisation of the labour market is altogether another matter, and in some Eurozone countries–as Spain–we are still waiting for it to be implemented.

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In Europe 21st January 2013

BNP Paribas foresees reversal in Spanish labour market

The levels of unemployment registered by the Spanish labour market worry the whole of the eurozone, which is eager to see positive signs after Madrid implemented budget cut programmes and reforms. BNP Paribas said job creation is coming and will be quick.