"The U.S. economy is charging into the post-pandemic world with significant momentum, and nonresidential construction is part of that story.”- Anirban Basu ow.ly/QB7Z50Iag7g #ABCMeritShopProud #JobsReport

Now that the Fed has started raising rates, it's a great time to brush up on what that means basu.substack.com/p/a-very-basic…

U.S. payrolls added 431k jobs in March, the unemployment rate fell to 3.6%, and the slow, steady return to the labor force continued basu.substack.com/p/march-2022-j…

Today's jobs report was a much needed piece of (mostly) good news basu.substack.com/p/april-2022-j…

Economic data might look pretty bleak over the next couple months, and that's a good thing basu.substack.com/p/bad-economic…

Payroll employment up by 390k in March, unemployment rate steady at 3.6%. Read more here: basu.substack.com/p/may-2022-job…

Wondering what (and who) you should blame for inflation? I've got thoughts basu.substack.com/p/inflation-wh…

Wrote up some of my thoughts on inflation (with Anirban Basu), inspired by someone asking whether supply or demand was to blame basu.substack.com/p/inflation-wh…

My monthly Q&A post covers inflation, the housing market, commercial real estate, the gig economy, and more basu.substack.com/p/inflation-ti…

I'm out of office today, but my colleague Zack broke down today's BLS employment report basu.substack.com/p/theres-no-me…

My thoughts on today's jobs report as we head into the long weekend basu.substack.com/p/labor-force-…

Happy Labor Day! Wrote up some thoughts on labor market tightness and how good that's been for workers' bargaining power basu.substack.com/p/did-labor-wi…

Some thoughts on the economics of adult-use marijuana in Maryland (puns were mostly kept to a minimum): basu.substack.com/p/legal-weed-i…

“This employment report indicates that contractors collectively remain in expansion mode despite rising costs of capital and fears of recession,” said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. ow.ly/s1bW50MjZIM #ABCMeritShopProud #JobsFriday

For better or worse (and hopefully better) here are my and Zack's predictions for 2023 basu.substack.com/p/predictions-…

Part I of our January Q&A covers inflation, automation, and why we can't switch to the metric system basu.substack.com/p/jan-23-q-and…

ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu connects with Sarah Chaney Cambon with The Wall Street Journal on today's jobs report: “I am astonished by the strength of the nonresidential construction labor market.” ow.ly/1rT150MJlU5 #ABCMeritShopProud #JobsFriday

New Sage Econ series called Monday Morning Optimism, and our first MMO post is about how the pandemic and remote work have helped Americans with disabilities participate in the workforce basu.substack.com/p/monday-morni…

U.S. employers added 209,000 jobs in June, the least in any month since Dec-20, and the unemployment rate inched down to 3.6%