Focus on Inflation

Inflation in the United States is running at a 40-year high. Since both demand-pull and cost-push forces contribute to increases in prices, monetary and fiscal policymakers are under pressure to curb consumer demand and improve supply chain operations in order to get inflation back to the Federal Reserve’s target of 2% per year. It’s a delicate balancing act impacting labor markets. Rob Cage, a leading expert on prices and the Consumer Price Index, will steer us through these and other waters with insights on the history of inflation measures, current inflation trends, variation of inflation across goods, geography, demographic groups, and potential implications on workforce programs.

SPEAKER

Rob Cage, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

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Hearing the Latest from the U.S. Department of Labor

MODERATOR

Dr. Tamika Ledbetter, NASWA Board Chair 2022-2023 and Commissioner, Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development

SPEAKERS

Kim Vitelli, Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Jim Garner, Administrator, Office of Unemployment Insurance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Julie Hatch-Maxfield, Associate Commissioner, Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

Day 1 Closing

SPEAKER

Robert Asaro-Angelo, NASWA Board Chair 2021-2022 and Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development