{"product_id":"opportunities-and-challenges-in-the-jason-furman-9781502525659","title":"Opportunities and Challenges in the U.S. Labor Market: An Update","description":"Recently we have seen noticeable improvement across a broad range of economic indicators. Second-quarter GDP growth rebounded strongly after the negative first quarter. Manufacturing has been particularly strong, with the ISM index reaching its highest level in over three years, and motor vehicle assemblies in the second quarter at the highest rate since 2006. In addition, the Conference Board sentiment index in August reached its highest level of the recovery.Perhaps no recent economic development has been more surprising than the rapid fall in the unemployment rate and commensurate pickup in the rate of job growth this year. For most of the last several years, the Blue Chip consensus forecast expected the unemployment rate to be around 7 percent right now. As recently as last year, the consensus forecast did not have the annual average unemployment rate falling below 6.1 percent until 2017.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Furman,Council of Economic Advisors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1502525658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781502525659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.06d","brand":"Jason Furman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445233692927,"sku":"9781502525659","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6ac43f5-5a4d-4840-98ec-f962db34aaa2.jpg?v=1777217384","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/opportunities-and-challenges-in-the-jason-furman-9781502525659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}