Join labor market experts from The Conference Board as they break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. They provide insights on the monthly employment and unemployment numbers and identify key trends in the US job market that business leaders should know about.
While communication is not the leading harbinger of success, many would-be innovators underuse it, hampering their progress. Our recent series of interviews with successful innovators reveals that strategic, skillful, and disciplined communication is front and center for them. During this podcast, we’ll share communication techniques and skills that help leaders overcome common innovation challenges and exploit opportunities. The research is based on our interviews with 17 leaders—innovation exe...
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index ® fell in November. The delta variant took the backseat while rising prices took the lead in consumer's concerns. Please join and listen to this podcast as Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic Indicators and Chief Economist Dana Peterson discuss other key drivers of this decline and what is expected going forward.
In this podcast Frank Heemskerk (European Round Table for Industry), and Ilaria Maselli and Klaas de Vries (The conference Board) discuss some of the key insights from the report “European Business Leaders Adjust Expectations Slightly Downward”. We start with the latest reading of the Measure of CEO Confidence™, and then discuss growth expectations for 2022 and risks that can affect the European economy in the short-term. A key message is that the current struggles of the economy come from the s...
Join labor market experts from The Conference Board as they break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. They provide insights on the monthly employment and unemployment numbers and identify key trends in the US job market that business leaders should know about.
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index ® declined again in September, following decreases in both July and August. The Index now stands at 109.3 (1985=100), down from 115.2 in August. The Present Situation Index —based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—fell to 143.4 from 148.9 last month. The Expectations Index —based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—fell to 86.6 from 92.8. Listen to this podcast as ...
Before the pandemic—and after a long period of global economic expansion—global labor markets were relatively tight. When the pandemic hit in early 2020, labor markets changed abruptly. GDP and the number of jobs (or hours worked) declined dramatically across the globe. A year later, the economic and labor market outlook is much more optimistic, especially in mature economies. Some economies are already close to being fully reopened. But as economies start to reopen, labor shortages may reappear...
Join labor market experts from The Conference Board as they break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. They provide insights on the monthly employment and unemployment numbers and identify key trends in the US job market that business leaders should know about.
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index ® was relatively unchanged in July, following gains in each of the prior five months. The Index now stands at 129.1 (1985=100), up from 128.9 in June. The Present Situation Index —based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—rose from 159.6 to 160.3. The Expectations Index —based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—was virtually unchanged at 108.4, compared to 108.5 las...
Join labor market experts from The Conference Board as they break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. They provide insights on the monthly employment and unemployment numbers and identify key trends in the US job market that business leaders should know about.
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index ® improved further in June, following gains in each of the previous four months. The Index now stands at 127.3 (1985=100), up from 120.0 (an upward revision) in May. The Present Situation Index —based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—rose from 148.7 to 157.7. The Expectations Index —based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—improved to 107.0, up from 100.9 last mo...
Join labor market experts from The Conference Board as they break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. They provide insights on the monthly employment and unemployment numbers and identify key trends in the US job market that business leaders should know about.
In this podcast Frank Heemskerk (ERT), and Ilaria Maselli and Klaas de Vries (The Conference Board) discuss some of the insights from the report “Surging Confidence Among European Business Leaders Despite Strains on Supply Chains”. We start with the latest reading of the Measure of CEO Confidence™, and then discuss bottlenecks in sight, like strains on supply chains, shortages and trade tensions. We also look at the forecast for 2021 and 2022 and talk about why vaccination remains the key risk (...
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index ® held steady in May, following a gain in April. The Index now stands at 117.2 (1985=100), down marginally from 117.5 in April. The Present Situation Index—based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—increased from 131.9 to 144.3. However, the Expectations Index—based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—fell to 99.1 in May, down from 107.9 last month. Join Lynn Franco,...
Why did global consumer confidence reach record levels in Q1 2021? What does this mean for global growth, and what are the regional developments? More specifically, what have been trends in the US regarding health and wellness, spending on food, and investments? What can we expect in the near future? Join The Conference Board’s Chief Economist Dana Peterson and Senior Researcher Denise Dahlhoff as they discuss these and related questions. Learn how the lightening in moods among consumers globall...
Join labor market experts from The Conference Board as they break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. They provide insights on the monthly employment and unemployment numbers and identify key trends in the US job market that business leaders should know about.
Join us as we discuss the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on productivity in 2020, 2021 and beyond. See The Conference Board's latest multi-market projections and our new measure of productivity. Learn about new trends that may contribute to faster productivity growth ahead at the global total economy level. Discover which industries, including communications and health care, may be poised for a burst in productivity growth. Understand factors driving faster productivity growth over the long-run. For...
The just released Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® The Conference Board’s just released Consumer Confidence Index ® rose sharply again in April, following a substantial gain in March. The Index now stands at 121.7 (1985=100), up from 109.0 in March. Join Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic Indicators and Chief Economist Dana Peterson as they discuss consumers’ optimism, and what contributed to the highest index since February of 2020....
Our recent labor market research finds that wage gaps by race/ethnicity and gender remain large in the US and have actually increased over the last decade. In this podcast, experts from The Conference board will discuss: -How wage gaps differ among Black, Hispanic, Asian, and White workers and by gender. -How under-representation of some groups in high paying occupations/industries can help us understand existing gaps. -How companies can take a multi-pronged approach to address wage gaps interna...
US employers added an astounding 916,000 jobs in March 2021. Employment has now doubled each month since the start of the year, marking a turning point in the economic recovery. There will likely be 4.5 million more jobs added to the economy this year, especially in in-person services, explains Frank Steemers , Senior Economist at The Conference Board. He adds that job gains will likely hover around 800,000 per month in the near term, and may even reach 1 million. Elizabeth Crofoot , CED’s Senio...
The just released Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® surged in March to its highest reading in a year, after a modest increase in February. The Index now stands at 109.7 (1985=100), up from 90.4 in February. These numbers show the index has reached its highest level since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. Join Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic Indicators and Chief Economist Dana Peterson as they discuss consumers’ optimism, and what might temper that outlook in the short t...
The just released Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® improved again in February, after increasing in January. The Index now stands at 91.3 (1985=100), up from 88.9 in January. The Present Situation Index—based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—climbed from 85.5 to 92.0. However, the Expectations Index—based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—fell marginally, from 91.2 last month to 90.8 in February. T...
Since 1999, The Conference Board CEO Challenge® survey has asked CEOs across the globe to identify the most critical issues they face and their strategies to meet them. Since 2017, the C-Suite Challenge has expanded the survey pool beyond CEOs to the entire C-suite. This year’s survey, conducted following the US elections in November 2020, asked CEOs and C-suite executives for their views on the external stress points they face and the strategies they will focus on to mitigate risk and seize opp...
Despite a rebound from December’s job losses, employment gains in January were relatively small and likely overstated by seasonal factors. While there is much uncertainty about the next two to three months, the rollout of the vaccines will be the dominant force driving a strong employment recovery in the hardest hit industries, explains Gad Levanon , Vice President of Labor Markets at The Conference Board. He added that there will be a strong recovery in the second quarter and it will continue f...
On the 24th of December 2020, the UK and the EU reached an agreement on how to manage their relationship from January 1, 2021 onward. In this podcast Ilaria Maselli, Senior Economist Europe at The Conference Board and Andrew Tank, Executive Director, European Centers and Intn. HR Services at The Conference Board, discuss the economic and business implications of the deal: what are the hurdles for the manufacturing and the service sector? What is the outlook for the British economy in 2021? And w...
After nearly a year of primarily working from home, a growing share of organizations expect remote work to become the new normal. But within the shift to remote work, no one story fits all. We discuss differences in remote work rates across demographics, occupations, industries, and geographies that have become even more apparent during the pandemic. We also discuss the implications of remote work for worker productivity, how organizations hire, and for employees’ quality of life.
The just released Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® improved moderately in January 2021 after decreasing in December. While consumers appraisal of present-day conditions did weaken in January due to ongoing COVID concerns, their expectations for the economy and jobs advanced, suggesting that consumers foresee conditions improving soon. Join this podcast with Conference Board Chief Economist Dana Peterson and Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic Indicators to understand the story be...
Join labor market experts from The Conference Board as they break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. They provide insights on the monthly employment and unemployment numbers and identify key trends in the US job market that business leaders should know about.
Join labor market experts from The Conference Board as they break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. They provide insights on the monthly employment and unemployment numbers and identify key trends in the US job market that business leaders should know about.
In this podcast Ilaria Maselli and Klaas de Vries discuss some of the insights from Conference Board research on how the European economy is doing. We start with the impact of the November lockdowns on the economy and then discuss two different scenarios for 2021. A key message is that the magnitude of the 2021 recovery can affect the entire decade. We also look at how different sectors of the economy are being affected by the COVID-19 crisis, and share results from the freshly released Conferen...
