Although US real GDP is currently estimated to stand 2% above its pre-pandemic level, employment is still 3% from its pre-crisis norm. We discuss our latest research on US labor markets focusing on the roles that a shift in the composition of demand, pandemic-related supply shocks, and the recent removal of enhanced unemployment benefits play in impeding labor market healing.

Featured in this podcast:

Bruce Kasman

Jesse Edgerton

Joseph Lupton

Peter McCrory

This podcast was recorded on September 29, 2021.

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