Recent changes in public policy are beginning to affect the domestic economy. One sign is the strong increase in manufacturing construction linked to the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the CHIPS and Science Act. But with the unemployment rate at 3.6% and the ... READ MORE >
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To thrive, middle market needs more women in leadership
One of the fundamental changes in the workplace over the next decade will be the increasing role of women. Women not only make up half of the workforce in the United States but they also are the more educated half. College-educated women outnumber men with similar education in the United States, and ... READ MORE >
Pandemic pressures leave women struggling to regain lost ground on jobs
During the pandemic, women have taken the brunt of the damage to the labor force, whether in the form of losing their jobs or working triple-duty at home with child care and education on top of their work obligations. Real wage differentials between men and women during the pandemic have turned into a ... READ MORE >
Women outnumber men in the workforce, and the middle market must adapt
Rarely are inflection points in the history of an economy or a nation observed in real time. Profound change is often only identified long after it has occurred. The December U.S. employment report provided a hint that the U.S. labor market, economy and the basic organization structure of the relationship ... READ MORE >