The construction industry faces a major labor shortage as President Biden's infrastructure law is creating countless new jobs.
My story w/ @sechaney on how the administration is looking to women to help fill the gap and the challenges ahead: https://t.co/dDnXgB6kSa
Child-care prices are rising at nearly twice the overall inflation rate, putting a squeeze on budgets for parents of young children. Great story by @crobles808 https://t.co/KRyZWEv2U6
"He really felt a duty to cover Russia."
Our episode on @evangershkovich from college-soccer penalty-scoring star to WSJ Moscow correspondent to his detention in Russia.
With @drewhinshaw@JoeWSJ#IStandWithEvan#FreeEvan
https://t.co/aIY1qhMgrx
Women have gained more jobs than men for the last few months as services sectors go on a hiring spree and pandemic disruptions subside (however, childcare remains a huge pain point). Here's my story with @sechaney https://t.co/L0Zc22sxf0 via @WSJ
The next economic downturn has become the most anticipated recession in recent U.S. history. It also keeps getting postponed
Goldman economists say higher-than-anticipated consumer spending this year could support a terminal Fed rate of 5.75%-6%
https://t.co/vZma6CPGzQ
How can it be that the U.S. job market is still so strong yet so many big companies are announcing mass layoffs? @sechaney and I tackle this puzzle. https://t.co/WnLbKL4INi via @WSJ
New from me and @onlykailyn: Need a tech job? There are more open positions in software engineering in Washington, D.C. now than in SF and Silicon Valley. https://t.co/TsSrpHwf5u via @WSJ
The Housing Market Has Started To Recover: The housing market has begun to recover after hitting a low point in the second week of November. We’re not out of the woods yet, but homebuyers are coming off the sidelines.
https://t.co/gItXnJOYsR
One more sign the job market is cooling: It is getting a lot harder to find a remote job. Many prospective workers who were determined to get a remote job just a few months ago are hitting a wall as remote listings rapidly dwindle. https://t.co/HNB5lZ3v69 via @WSJ
New from me/@rayalexsmith: Workers say their career ambitions have dropped. They're saying no to unpaid overtime, not seeing a link between that effort and getting rewarded. Now, companies are changing how they operate in response. https://t.co/eu2oMXa1M5 via @wsj
A tight labor market is spurring some companies to omit one of the steps once deemed crucial to hiring: the job interview. https://t.co/aOxFJ9h7Ad via @WSJ
Layoffs hit white-collar workers, scrambling how slowdowns usually hit the job market: a ‘Patagonia vest recession’. My latest piece in the WSJ: https://t.co/zbHkp1fRvN
The 3 takeaways from Powell's press conference:
1) The Fed could step down to a slower pace in Dec even if inflation data don't improve much
2) If there had been new estimates of the terminal funds rate released today, they would have moved up
3) Not ready to talk about a pause
On the same day, three New Yorkers—a trader, a lawyer and a social worker—ordered cocaine from a delivery service. Within hours, all three were dead from fentanyl.
https://t.co/t3ZqVAZ6LX via @WSJ
GDP is shrinking so why are companies still hiring? They cut too many jobs in 2020, and still have too few people to meet even a softening sales level, @sechaney reports. “You can’t lay off what you didn’t hire." With terrific graphics by @AzizSunderji https://t.co/P1McopyFLJ
Airbnb: here’s $375 in cleaning fees
Now do the dishes. Load the laundry. Vacuum the floor. And mow the lawn. My latest @WSJ A-hed about a stressful summer of rental chores 😅🧽🧤 https://t.co/U5CVbBpuxo
Stunning details in this @cammcwhirter piece on New Orleans which has a homicide rate of 41 per 100k residents (compared to 11.5 in Chicago and 2.4 in NYC) and an average 911 response time of 2.5 hours.
https://t.co/YuU31KPbVd via @WSJ