Breakeven Employment Growth: A Simple but Useful Benchmark

Alexander Bick and Victoria Gregory

On the Economy from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Abstract: This post defines 'breakeven employment growth' and explains how it can help people understand the significance of the monthly payroll jobs number.

Keywords: employment; labor markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-04-15
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