Join labor market experts from The Conference Board as they break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. They provide insights on the monthly employment and unemployment numbers and identify key trends in the US job market that business leaders should know about.

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® improved further in June, following gains in each of the previous four months. The Index now stands at 127.3 (1985=100), up from 120.0 (an upward revision) in May. The Present Situation Index—based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—rose from 148.7 to 157.7. The Expectations Index—based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—improved to 107.0, up from 100.9 last month.

Join and listen to this podcast as Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic Indicators and Chief Economist Dana Peterson discuss consumers’ new optimism for the short-term – and how that will impact the economy going forward.

Join labor market experts from The Conference Board as they break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. They provide insights on the monthly employment and unemployment numbers and identify key trends in the US job market that business leaders should know about.

In this podcast Frank Heemskerk (ERT), and Ilaria Maselli and Klaas de Vries (The Conference Board) discuss some of the insights from the report “Surging Confidence Among European Business Leaders Despite Strains on Supply Chains”. We start with the latest reading of the Measure of CEO Confidence™, and then discuss bottlenecks in sight, like strains on supply chains, shortages and trade tensions. We also look at the forecast for 2021 and 2022 and talk about why vaccination remains the key risk (or upside!) for the next six months.

Click here to check out ERT's newly released podcast series: https://ert.eu/documents/ert-launches-podcast-series-21st-century-industrialists/

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® held steady in May, following a gain in April. The Index now stands at 117.2 (1985=100), down marginally from 117.5 in April. The Present Situation Index—based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—increased from 131.9 to 144.3. However, the Expectations Index—based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—fell to 99.1 in May, down from 107.9 last month. 

Join Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic Indicators and Chief Economist Dana Peterson as they discuss consumers’ waning optimism for the short-term.

Why did global consumer confidence reach record levels in Q1 2021? What does this mean for global growth, and what are the regional developments? More specifically, what have been trends in the US regarding health and wellness, spending on food, and investments? What can we expect in the near future? Join The Conference Board’s Chief Economist Dana Peterson and Senior Researcher Denise Dahlhoff as they discuss these and related questions.

Learn how the lightening in moods among consumers globally bodes well for spending throughout the remainder of the year as economies continue to emerge from the pandemic-induced economic downturn and work towards arresting the spread of the coronavirus. As consumption is a significant contributor to growth among many mature economies, the positive consumer attitudes and behaviors at the start of the year support The Conference Board’s upwardly revised expectation of 5.2 percent real GDP growth for the global economy in 2021.

Join labor market experts from The Conference Board as they break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. They provide insights on the monthly employment and unemployment numbers and identify key trends in the US job market that business leaders should know about.

Join us as we discuss the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on productivity in 2020, 2021 and beyond. See The Conference Board's latest multi-market projections and our new measure of productivity. Learn about new trends that may contribute to faster productivity growth ahead at the global total economy level. Discover which industries, including communications and health care, may be poised for a burst in productivity growth. Understand factors driving faster productivity growth over the long-run.

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The just released Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® The Conference Board’s just released  Consumer Confidence Index® rose sharply again in April, following a substantial gain in March. The Index now stands at 121.7 (1985=100), up from 109.0 in March.

Join Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic Indicators and Chief Economist Dana Peterson as they discuss consumers’ optimism, and what contributed to the highest index since February of 2020.

Our recent labor market research finds that wage gaps by race/ethnicity and gender remain large in the US and have actually increased over the last decade.

In this podcast, experts from The Conference board will discuss:

-How wage gaps differ among Black, Hispanic, Asian, and White workers and by gender.

-How under-representation of some groups in high paying occupations/industries can help us understand existing gaps.

-How companies can take a multi-pronged approach to address wage gaps internally, as well as support progress toward pay equity externally.

-How to identify barriers to talent mobility and/or advancement to senior leadership and higher paid roles.

-Why strong growth in the tech industry contributes to rising wage gaps for Black workers.