| ▲ | tonyedgecombe 3 days ago | |
Is there really more volatility? My gut feeling is that government interventions have flattened it over recent decades. I’d like to see some real figures on this. | ||
| ▲ | RC_ITR 3 days ago | parent [-] | |
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1Mc3z Manufacturing and mining are becoming much less correlated to the overall jobs market (likely, as you point out, b/c the government smooths the other sectors). https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1Mc3I This is despite being a relatively flat % of employment since 2010 (after a long period of decline). https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1Mc4f As mentioned, there is also the weirdness of SWE's going from 'better than the overall market' to 'worse than the overall market'. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1Mcer Retail employment is also dislocating. Those are just the examples I can think of with no research, I'm sure there are others. | ||