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Alarm! US Productivity Declines For 3rd Straight Quarter While Unit Labor Costs Rose 7.60% YoY, Fastest Since 1982
Confounded Interest ^ | 11/03/2022 | Anthony B. Sanders

Posted on 11/03/2022 8:07:28 AM PDT by Kaiser8408a

Alarm!

Even Joe Biden’s hate speech towards Republicans can’t mask the horrid inflation on his watch. As if Biden watches anything other than ice cream cones.

On a YoY basis, US Productivity is down for the 3rd straight quarter (and 4th quarter of the last 5).

On the mirror image of productivity, unit labor costs rose 3.5% QoQ (a notable slowing from the 8.9% QoQ growth in Q2). This was the 6th quarter in a row of rising unit labor costs (but was less than the +4.0% QoQ expected)…

However, on a YoY basis, that is the fastest growth since Q3 1982.

Yikes!

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: biden; blogpimp; brownsultrafan; inflation; labor; productivity; retread
Haven't seen this posted on Freep, so feel free to remove if this is redundant.
1 posted on 11/03/2022 8:07:28 AM PDT by Kaiser8408a
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To: Kaiser8408a
"Alarm!"?

A MANAGED DECLINE that's all going ACCORDING TO PLAN.

Bai Dung's ATTACK ON ENERGY was the trigger that started it all. EASILY FIXED but they have NO INTENTION of fixing it.

2 posted on 11/03/2022 8:13:14 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Our corrupt president has reduced strategic reserves by approximately 50% to 388 million barrels. He is further reducing by 1 million gallons a day for the next 6 months. Trump topped off the reserves to about 770 millions barrels. The administration has no plans to replenish the reserves “until prices are reduced,” a condition Biden vigorously opposes.
The administration claims domestic oil production is at about 1 millions gallons and will increase as refineries ramp up their capability. Meanwhile the administration is shutting down refineries as a hedge against global warming, a condition that has only positive effects on global conditions. The madness is palpable.


3 posted on 11/03/2022 8:14:08 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Seek refuge in Christ. He is your sword and shield.)
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To: Kaiser8408a

Nasdaq: 10,785.178
MARKET OPEN • AS OF NOV 3, 11:14 AM EDT
‎-121.17 (‎-1.11%)


4 posted on 11/03/2022 8:14:40 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Kaiser8408a

But remember ber folks, it’s not a recession.


5 posted on 11/03/2022 8:14:46 AM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Kaiser8408a

Nanzi and Jo Jo’s plan. Nobody working while all liberal socialists are on perpetual vacations and cruises paid for with taxpayer dollars. College grads killing themselves falling off of high places while taking selfies to post on the internet for millions of other braindead internettes on TikTok. Amerika is nothing but one big party and all foreign “refugee” freeloaders are welcome to come along for the ride. Make sure to “bring the kids”. (Wink! wink!)


6 posted on 11/03/2022 8:19:40 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Go Nanzi! Cough up the Hammergate security video!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

A managed collapse...is the plan.


7 posted on 11/03/2022 8:19:45 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: rdl6989

But remember ber folks, it’s not a recession.

************

And there is no inflation.


8 posted on 11/03/2022 8:23:35 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Kaiser8408a

Well, the guy whose son got killed in Iraq says we’re “building better back butter” and he knows what’s going on when he’s sleeping or chowing down on an industrial size ice cream cone.


9 posted on 11/03/2022 8:28:49 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Go Nanzi! Cough up the Hammergate security video!)
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To: Kaiser8408a
We had two consecutive quarters of negative GDP followed by the most recent positive quarter propped up by $1.92 Trillion in government spending. We are in a recession.

Understand, tax revenue for the year is estimated to be $3.82 Trillion. That kind of spending cannot be sustained. The consequences are going further into debt at much higher interest rates, thus requiring more short term spending because our debt is primarily financed with short-term treasures. Why point this out? There is no productivity in interest payments. That’s on top of no productivity in government. Government doesn’t make a damn thing other than a mess. Shove that up your dead arse, John Maynard Keynes.

Productivity is key to battling inflation. Yes, there is a role the American worker plays. It sucks to be you, because of those two lazy asses working next to you, they are going to be unemployed in the next year. You get stuck doing your job and the aggregate of what little they did. It is the only way to produce more goods and services for lower labor costs. That increases supply, while demand will decrease due to unemployment. It helps reduce inflation. You have two choices, unemployment or work more.

Meanwhile, every lazy government employee who never built a damn thing, is still employed and receiving their union contract guaranteed pay raises. Keep that in mind. It is the government and government employees that are responsible for inflation. They create it. Now go back to the spending and revenue figures from above. That seeds the inflation cycle. The Fed will have further interest rate hikes, which in turn requires more government spending on interest. Those are unproductive dollars.

The cycle needs to be broken. That is accomplished by massive shuttering of government. Make those lazy ass government employees be productive in the private sector. Balance the budget. Pay down the debt. Enjoy freedom and prosperity.

10 posted on 11/03/2022 8:46:06 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: FlingWingFlyer
The guys son did NOT get killed in Iraq. He died of brain cancer at Walter Reid.

I'm hoping you didn't fall for Bidens crap about his son, but it seems you might have.
11 posted on 11/03/2022 8:52:42 AM PDT by glaseatr (Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
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To: glaseatr

Sorry, I’m a very sarcastic bass turd and I forget to make the S/ thingy quite a bit.


12 posted on 11/03/2022 8:55:37 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Go Nanzi! Cough up the Hammergate security video!)
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To: ConservativeInPA
The cycle needs to be broken. That is accomplished by massive shuttering of government. Make those lazy ass government employees be productive in the private sector. Balance the budget. Pay down the debt. Enjoy freedom and prosperity.

You have my vote!

13 posted on 11/03/2022 9:03:28 AM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: Kaiser8408a; All

Alarm my butt. The alarm sounded long ago, the FED was late to the plate, that’s all. Nothing unexpected is happening now, just the dreary required actions to slow inflation.

It does take a little time to undo this level of stupidity, as most people know.


14 posted on 11/03/2022 9:13:05 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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At least there are no more mean tweets…for now?


15 posted on 11/03/2022 9:23:12 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: glaseatr

I think he just missed the /sarc tag.


16 posted on 11/03/2022 9:28:21 AM PDT by fretzer
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To: CivilWarBrewing

When he was given the executive order to cancel the Keystone XL, I knew what was coming with the economy. That was the first domino to fall.


17 posted on 11/03/2022 11:44:00 AM PDT by Texas resident (Who is running our country?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
I've spent too much time on twitter apparently.

That's OK I earned a 7 day suspension for the word Negro.
18 posted on 11/03/2022 1:06:00 PM PDT by glaseatr (Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
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