{"id":435,"date":"2022-12-07T08:35:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T08:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbpia.trivati.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2022-12-19T08:38:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T08:38:45","slug":"investor-note-post-pandemic-inflation-crisis-highlights-u-s-exceptionalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbpia.trivati.com\/?p=435","title":{"rendered":"INVESTOR NOTE: POST PANDEMIC INFLATION CRISIS HIGHLIGHTS U.S. EXCEPTIONALISM"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Despite six hikes in interest rates in the past eight months by the nation\u2019s central bankers to end a vicious cycle of inflation, the U.S. economy created 263,000 new jobs in November. To be clear, after one of the most aggressive monetary tightening campaigns in over a century, the U.S. experienced above average job growth in November.<\/p>

The 263,000 new jobs, 30% more than expected by economists, leaves U.S. central bankers little choice but to announce yet another rate hike following the next meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Moreover, it\u2019s prudent to expect another rate hike after the FOMC\u2019s first meeting of 2023, on Wed., Feb. 1.<\/p>

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The nation\u2019s central bank has no choice but to put the kybosh on job growth because it\u2019s pushing up wages to make inflation worse, and inflation ruins economies. Its elimination is job No. 1 right now for the FOMC. But there is a complication. The main cause of post-pandemic inflation was supply chain disruption of goods \u2013 until now. Just as supply chain problems have settled down, a burst of wage inflation suddenly is the main inflation threat.<\/p>

Fixing the wage inflation problem is not so easy. Nor is it in the hands of the Fed. It will require action by elected policymakers. The crux of the problem is illustrated in the unusual gap between job openings nationwide and job seekers. The 10 million job openings vastly outnumber the six million job seekers.<\/p>

The shortfall of available workers is the result of a combination of pandemic-related anomalies. The most significant is that the pandemic led a larger-than-expected number of Americans in their 60s to retire. A larger proportion of Americans in their 60s suddenly decided to call it quits when Covid-19 hit. They left the workforce permanently. In addition, more Americans in their 30s, 40s, and 50s also dropped out of the U.S. labor force.<\/p>

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Another anomalous factor: from the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 till late 2021, international immigration flows to the US decreased significantly. Changes in international immigration into the U.S, are likely driving wage increases and adding to inflation, according to a newly released study co-authored by Giovanni Peri, Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis, and Director of the Global Migration Center. The authors of the study warn that wage increases can temporarily help attenuate the wage-inflation problem but say it eventually may trigger a negative cycle of lower growth in the U.S..<\/p>

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Also concerned is Fed Chair Jerome Powell. In a speech Weds., Nov. 30, he said that the U.S. labor force is short about 3.5 million workers, and that two million of those are individuals who retired earlier than expected and would not be returning to work. While the Fed chair identified and defined the labor shortage as a problem confronting the economy, he pointedly added that making policies to support labor supply are not the domain of the Fed.<\/p>

For the near term, the Fed chair indicated the shortage of qualified job applicants will be moderated by forcing employers to pay higher wages and, quite appropriately, left the long-term structural problem behind the labor shortage to elected leaders to resolve.<\/p>

Whether by Congressional legislation or Executive action, the thorny policy issues seem likely to be resolved in 2023 if wage inflation continues to be an obstacle to growth. In a time of political polarization, the dynamic pragmatism about to be exhibited by the United States in the face of the labor shortage highlights what makes America exceptional among the world\u2019s nations.<\/p>

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