Here's Why the COVID 'Productivity Boom' Is a Myth
Remote work may have helped the economy during the pandemic, but it also weakened coworker connections and employees' attachment to their job.
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Remote work may have helped the economy during the pandemic, but it also weakened coworker connections and employees' attachment to their job.
Remote work may have helped the economy during the pandemic, but it also weakened coworker connections and employees' attachment to their job.
A rapid one-two punch of interest-rate hikes and balance-sheet reduction from the Federal Reserve risks unsettling bond and stock markets that have already taken a beating. The effects on markets and the economy of combining the two aspects of monetary tightening in quick succession—something it hasn’t done before—are unknown, and…
The Federal Reserve is planning to reduce its balance sheet and raise interest rates in 2022, which could increase the dips in both the stock and bond markets.
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