By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
Wednesday we provided a fairly detailed live Webcast covering inflation, economic indicators, the latest in settlement trends, and where we see inflation and wage negotiations heading. For Premium Website subscribers, the Video and Transcript are available here.
Some of the highlights include:
- December CPI Numbers
- Economists Inflation Projections
- Economists Projections for Unemployment, GDP, and the Risk of Recession
- Trends in Property and Sales Taxes and How that Impacts Local Government Budget Reserves
- American Rescue Funding and its Relationship to Contract Negotiations
- The Latest in Public Safety contract settlements
- Projections for Settlements in 2023 and 2024
- The latest Interest Arbitration Results and what that means for Negotiations
- A look back at Interest Arbitration decisions from previous times of High Inflation
- The Status of Recruitment and Retention Bonuses
- Body Worn Camera Negotiations
We are in the midst of producing the latest updates to Statewide wage rankings and those will soon be reviewable on the Premium Website. We will be covering those rankings, settlement trends and all the above topics in a series of upcoming Newsletter articles.
