Conversations with the Fed: Decoding Today’s Confounding Labor Market

Is the “low-hire, low-fire” U.S. job market resilient or stagnant … or both at once? What wage and hiring trends are obscured behind today’s low and steady unemployment rate?

Minneapolis Fed economists Amanda Michaud and Simon Mongey look beyond the first-cut employment statistics to read the landscape for workers and employers and assess the state of play for the Fed’s mandate to pursue full employment.

Our economic experts are ready to take on your questions in our latest live conversation hosted by Senior Economics Writer Jeff Horwich.