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<v Speaker 1>four minutes today. What a great Jobs Day show, Claudia,

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<v Speaker 1>Sam will get to thank you so much for joining earlier. First, Neil,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm much. I'm doing LinkedIn. I'm looking through the thing

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<v Speaker 1>and this chart screams at me and I know it's

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<v Speaker 1>the beverage curve. The beverage curve is William Beverage out

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<v Speaker 1>of the London School of Economics, like your grandfather's time

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<v Speaker 1>or your great grandfather's time, I should say, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>basically the ratio of unemployment, the movement of unemployment versus

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<v Speaker 1>job openings. It has a lot of information in it,

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<v Speaker 1>and Neil Dutta says, look, we're in a trend, and

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<v Speaker 1>the trend is towards a more difficult jobs market. Neil

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<v Speaker 1>Dudda of RENMEC.

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<v Speaker 2>We've more than normalized. I mean, if you go back

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of years ago to what Christopher Waller was saying,

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<v Speaker 2>remember that he basically posited that, you know, you could

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<v Speaker 2>have a sort of tightening monetary policy without much of

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<v Speaker 2>an increase in unemployment because they're operating along a point

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<v Speaker 2>in that beverage curve where you would see a big

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<v Speaker 2>decline in job openings without much of an increase in unemployment.

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<v Speaker 2>He was right, but he basically said that when you

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<v Speaker 2>get to a certain point on job openings, if you

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<v Speaker 2>see any further decline in sort of excess labor demand

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<v Speaker 2>in this case brought to you by job openings, that

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<v Speaker 2>would lead to more outsized increases in the unemployment rate.

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<v Speaker 1>Neil done it. They're the one thing I would say here,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have not read many reports yet. We're doing

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<v Speaker 1>the show just before this taping. But I think what

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to see here is a lot of positive

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<v Speaker 1>construct on the labor economy, And without looking at any

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<v Speaker 1>of the data, I still think what has changed in

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<v Speaker 1>America is immigration. And this goes back to Angus Madison

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<v Speaker 1>and just immigration and headcount matter within this analysis. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm putting a big asterisk by all the stuff because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand you forget about the political debate what

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump has done from President Biden on immigration and

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<v Speaker 1>that pass forward as well. So I tell you, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I really take the media certitude of this with a

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<v Speaker 1>real grainness. I love Neil Dudes's skepticism anchoring our broadcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Claudia Sam She's definitive with the Michigan credibility that she has.

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<v Speaker 1>She's changed American economics with the some rule with a

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful call last year to forget about a recession. She

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<v Speaker 1>did that quite well. Claudiasm today from sixty thousand feet

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<v Speaker 1>on how AI folds into our labor economy.

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<v Speaker 3>Any of these conversations about hey, how AI is going

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<v Speaker 3>to reshape the labor market? These are really looking forward, right.

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<v Speaker 3>We've already seen a pretty remarkable step down in the

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<v Speaker 3>labor share. This has happened over recent decades, but we're

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<v Speaker 3>seeing it again this year. And as you mentioned in

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<v Speaker 3>the third quarter that you know, blockbuster productivity number workers

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<v Speaker 3>didn't share in that right, the labor shares down as

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<v Speaker 3>at the lowest level in post World War two history.

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<v Speaker 3>And this is before we've really seen any of the

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<v Speaker 3>you know AI have like a big picture effect on

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<v Speaker 3>the labor market. So yeah, no, this is a real,

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<v Speaker 3>real issue.

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<v Speaker 1>Claudia Sam there, New Century Advisors. What a great week

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<v Speaker 1>it really felt, folks, like the first week of the

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<v Speaker 1>new year. I mean, I can't I think it was

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday or the day before. Really was like, okay, everybody's back,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody's in meetings, let's go, let's go. It doesn't start

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<v Speaker 1>January second or third. It takes, you know, a week

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<v Speaker 1>or so, and we're there right now. We'll move forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at Joe Matthew balance a power Joe Matthew just

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<v Speaker 1>dealing with all of the news flow out of Washington.

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<v Speaker 1>Just an extraordinary burden there. And we'll be with you

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