Word: labors
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...quote Shepherdson again: "The epicenter of the recession has shifted from the consumer to the corporate sector." And it's possible that corporate cutbacks could lead to a relapse among consumers. "The main downside risk probably lies in sharper-than-expected multiplier effects via the dramatic deterioration in the labor market," warned Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius on Monday after predicting that consumer spending would rise for the rest of the year. "Both the weekly and monthly labor market indicators still show an accelerating employment contraction...
...news is troubling because labor costs in the U.S., even among highly educated adults, are falling. American workers should be available for employment at salaries much lower than they were two years ago. But, it appears that IBM has elected to move jobs offshore rather than keep them in the U.S. despite the trend of more tech workers losing their jobs here...
...cost of labor in India, which was already below that in the U.S., is likely to be falling even faster than it is in the U.S. The outsourcing business in India has been hit with a sharp drop in demand, and the major Indian employers in the sector are doing poorly. (See pictures of ten things you should know about the Nano...
...While labor prices drop in the U.S., they are probably dropping faster in countries like India and China. India's official unemployment rate is 8.2%, but is expected to rise throughout the balance of the year. IBM clearly arbitraged the joblessness in the U.S. and India as it made its decision about where to employ several thousand people. To put it crassly, IBM is looking for the equivalent of the lowest cost bidder...
...support in mind, Netanyahu toned down his usual hawkishness, telling Israeli and Arab businessmen, "I'm a partner for peace." Next week Israelis will have a new Prime Minister and Cabinet, and a season or two of political stability. But Barak's opportunism may have set the historic Labor Party on a slide into irrelevance...