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The forever labour shortage Premium content
...The above is how William Spriggs, an economics professor at Howard University and chief economist at the AFL-CIO union federation, likes to think about it....
January 26, 2023
US employment
Black America’s record employment gains at risk as Fed tightens rates
...William Spriggs, a professor of economics at Howard University and the chief economist of the union AFL-CIO, said the “moment firms cease hiring . . . the unemployment rate goes up because the people who...
January 2, 2023
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
US employment
Higher black unemployment tests Fed’s goal to be more inclusive
...“The Fed is playing with fire,” said William Spriggs, a professor of economics at Howard University and the chief economist of the AFL-CIO, the labour union group....
February 9, 2022
News in-depthFederal Reserve
First black woman nominated to Fed board faces rocky confirmation
...“What you don’t know, you don’t ask, and the point of having diversity at the table is someone needs to know enough to say, ‘this could be a problem,’” said William Spriggs, an economist at Howard University...
February 2, 2022
News in-depthUS employment
Rise in black jobless rate sets back US progress on labour market parity
...“You have black workers seeing the [‘help wanted’] signs, hearing businesses whine that they can’t find anybody, they rush out to find jobs and don’t get them,” said William Spriggs, chief economist for...
September 10, 2021
US inflation
Fed to pivot to swift action on inflation in face of rising prices
...“If we have a much smaller labour force and you lock that in, you are locking in a permanently smaller economy,” said William Spriggs, an economist at Howard University and AFL-CIO, whose name has been floated...
December 13, 2021
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Federal Reserve succession
Jay Powell faces rockier path to second Fed term after tough week
...Other names that have been floated for leadership roles include Lisa Cook, an economist at Michigan State University, and William Spriggs, chief economist of the AFL-CIO labour union....
September 30, 2021
Rachman Review podcast22 min listen
US economist William Spriggs on scars of the pandemic
...She talks with William Spriggs, a professor of economics at Howard University and chief economist of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, about how the pandemic is changing...
July 30, 2020
FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
US vows action on Chinese tech, William Spriggs on US labour market
...Plus, William Spriggs, a professor of economics at Howard University and chief economist of the AFL-CIO, explains how the pandemic is changing the US labour market....
August 3, 2020
US politics & policy
Contenders for top Biden jobs: healthcare, security, energy and more
...Reporting by Kiran Stacey, Aime Williams, Lauren Fedor, Derek Brower, Courtney Weaver, Myles McCormick and Demetri Sevastopulo...
November 12, 2020
News in-depthFederal Reserve
How the Federal Reserve came to focus on racial justice
...This shift means it will be a “long time” before the Fed prematurely tightens in a downturn, said William Spriggs, who recently caught the attention of US policymakers by lamenting that his fellow economists...
June 19, 2020
Rana Foroohar
Black Lives Matter is about both race and class
...William Spriggs, chief economist for the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest union federation, says one of the reasons that the black community in particular is pushing for free college tuition is that poor black...
June 14, 2020
Biden-Harris: what you need to know
Bidenomics: sharp shift to left touts workers over wealth
...But William Spriggs, the chief economist at the AFL-CIO, the largest union federation in America, dismissed that criticism. “Trump gave away all the money to the rich, as far as the eyes could see....
September 28, 2020
FirstFT
FirstFT: Today’s top news
...She is joined by economist William Spriggs to discuss the US labour market as well as monopoly power and the role of big data in the economy. (FT)...
July 30, 2020
Coronavirus
UK private schools feel pandemic squeeze
...Stephen Spriggs, managing director of William Clarence, an educational consultancy, said schools faced fresh concerns linked to the pandemic....
April 7, 2020
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
Global Economy
Fed faces its critics at Jackson Hole
...Mr Williams said: “It takes a couple of years for monetary policy actions to have full effect....
August 26, 2016
Global Economy
Janet Yellen to see Jackson Hole return to wonky roots
...Wall Street financiers are replaced this year by guests such as William Spriggs, chief economist of the AFL-CIO, the umbrella organisation for the US union movement....
August 21, 2014
Legal issues: Safety moves even higher up the agenda
...Mark Spriggs, O2’s employee benefits manager, says: “We use ProFleet2 mainly to ensure our vehicles are serviced on schedule, which is important from both a duty of care viewpoint and ensuring costs are...
May 6, 2008

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