Labor Share dropped in 3rd Q adjustment... a lot

Basic Effective Demand Limit, L = labor share index * 0.76

Effective demand on real GDP = rGDPeT/L (1 -(1 - 1/e)T/L)

Effective Demand Monetary rule with NGDP targeting = z(T² + L²) - (1 - z)(T + L) + (1+a)current core inflation + acore inflation average - 2acore inflation target

z = (2L + Natural real rate)/(2L² + 2L) ............................ T = capacity utilization*(1 - unemployment rate)
UT index = L - T ... (UT index goes to zero at limit of business cycle.)

New economic thinking... effective demand limit upon the utilization of labor and capital

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12/05/2014

Labor Share dropped in 3rd Q adjustment... a lot

Labor share index for 3rd Q 2014 was adjusted from 97.3 down to 96.2. That is a big adjustment.

What does it mean? Firms took money from labor to show better profits. Capital income was supported.

There have been drops like this before. Then labor share rises again back to its trend.

My view is that capital is against the wall. They are hiring lots more workers to raise profit rates. They are trying to be price competitive. They are keeping labor share down.

Posted by Edward Lambert on 12/05/2014 in Current Affairs | Permalink

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Synopsis of Effective Demand

Data as of 3rdQ-2018
Effective Demand = $18.433 trillion
Real GDP = $18.671 trillion
Productive Capacity = $24.872 trillion
UT index is at effective demand limit = -0.92%
Effective demand limit = 74.1%
TFUR = 75.1%
ED Fed rate rule = 4.0%
Estimated Natural Real Interest rate = 2.3%
Short-term real interest rate = 2.8%

There is no recession for 3rdQ-2018. Chance of recession is growing as economy has now reached 2nd effective demand limit in this business cycle. I am forecasting that economic conditions will begin to contract in the second half of 2018.

Click on Graphs below to see updated data at FRED.

UT Index (measure of slack):