Assorted Links Wednesday
China, mortgage rates, industrial production, employment, bed time and more.
Table of Contents
Overseas demand for goods from China is weakening as the global economy slows:
![](https://econdevshow.com/content/images/2022/09/-1x-1.png.jpeg)
Mortgage rates have hit 7%:
![](https://econdevshow.com/content/images/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-28-at-07.51.00.png)
So far, industrial production and employment are still in growth mode.
Industrial production:
![](https://econdevshow.com/content/images/2022/09/BlogImage_KeyIndicatorsRecession_Fig4_092622.png)
Employment:
![](https://econdevshow.com/content/images/2022/09/BlogImage_KeyIndicatorsRecession_Fig2_092622.png)
Quantifying the teacher shortage:
![](https://econdevshow.com/content/images/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-28-at-10.37.10.png)
What time do you go to bed?
![](https://econdevshow.com/content/images/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-28-at-10.38.20.png)
The jobless claims report shows no signs of easing demand for workers. Unemployment applications remain below pre-COVID levels.
![](https://econdevshow.com/content/images/2022/09/US-Claims2209230438.png)
![](https://econdevshow.com/content/images/2022/09/US-Claims-Cont2209230438.png)
The public-sector labor supply is struggling because of sluggish wage growth:
![](https://econdevshow.com/content/images/2022/09/US-State-and-local-wages2209230438.png)
The US population is getting older:
![](https://econdevshow.com/content/images/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-28-at-10.45.35.png)
![](https://econdevshow.com/content/images/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-28-at-10.46.07.png)
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