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Private-Sector Job Openings Remain High Despite Falling in October

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The latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the total number of job openings in the economy decreased to 10.334 million in October, down from 10.687 million in September. Robert Hughes joined AIER in 2013 following more than 25 years in economic and financial markets research on Wall Street.

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Jumio Sees Vaccine Passports Intersecting With Digital ID

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These credentials will become ever-present as people wend their way through airport and public transportation settings, ports and check-in kiosks. But, of course, how we get there could involve a number of pathways.

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Sweden’s Outlier Response To COVID-19, And Its Results So Far

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As of early April, around half the Swedish workforce is now working from home, and public transport usage has fallen by roughly 50 percent. or Italy — might be unusually well suited to a more hands-off, less socially and economically disruptive approach to social distancing.

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Choosing to Remain in the Global Market Economy

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Of course, the resulting material standard of living of economically isolated individuals would be desperately low compared to the standard of living available even to the poorest of those who participate in the modern commercial economy. Boudreaux is a senior fellow with American Institute for Economic Research and with the F.A.

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Union Budget can lead to more jobs, better healthcare: Saugata Gupta, CEO, Marico

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In addition to kickstarting the economy after two years of Covid-induced limbo, it also addresses some of the lingering doubts about India’s readiness and economic resilience in the face of future outbreaks. The initiatives announced under the PM Gati Shakti scheme have renewed the focus on public investment to modernise infrastructure.

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Union Budget 2022-23: Govt maintains focus on sector

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With over 35% y-o-y increase in capex and a proposed infrastructure spend of over Rs 10 lakh crore in Budget 2022-23, the Union government has reinforced its commitment to using infrastructure as a force multiplier for sustained economic growth.

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Today In Payments: Default Fears Mount As China’s Banks Encourage Loans; Goldman, Morgan Stanley Predict Economic Devastation

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In today’s top news, state-owned financial institutions in China are offering incentives to boost consumer lending, and economists at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley predict the coronavirus will be economically devastating. Beijing is looking at personal lending as a way out of the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus.