Post here. Hows Wisconsin doing, jobwise– particularly in terms of the production employment that Senator Johnson decreased to attempt to bring to Wisconsin?
Figure 1: Wisconsin manufacturing work (black), and United States manufacturing employment (tan), both s.a., in logs, 2020M02=0. NBER defined peak to trought economic downturn dates shaded gray. Source: BLS by means of FRED, NBER, and authors estimations.
What about personal work overall?
Figure 2: Wisconsin personal nonfarm payroll work (black), and United States private nonfarm payroll employment (tan), both s.a., in logs, 2020M02=0. NBER defined peak to trought economic downturn dates shaded gray. Source: BLS via FRED, NBER, and authors computations.
Strangely, in 2018, Senator Johnson was a passionate advocate of the Foxconn misadventure– from the horses mouth, see here.
This entry was published on October 4, 2022 by Menzie Chinn.
