Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, has been one of the most sobering — and most accurate — guides to the Georgia economy in recent years. While all…
Tag: Employment
Where Georgia ranks in terms of foreclosures and unemployment
I hear a lot of spin about Georgia’s relative economic health compared to other states, so I’ll just post these two charts with minimal commentary. These both appeared in the last day on Calculated Risk, an indispensable source for those…
Latest data shows employment still weak in Georgia, Savannah
Just-released data from the Georgia Department of Labor is being spun positively because the state’s official unemployment rate has slipped to 10.0% for March; it was 10.2% last month after peaking at 10.4% late in 2010. Don’t be fooled by…
Generally good news in Georgia employment data for February
We’ve seen some ugly numbers in the employment data for Georgia over the last few years. The latest stats aren’t exactly glowing, but they do show some real improvement in the economy. For February, the state saw a year-over-year decline…
More thoughts on dredging and jobs
Those interested in the issue of dredging the Savannah River to accommodate larger vessels after the expansion of the Panamal Canal is completed in a few years should go straight to a piece by Mary Landers in today’s Savannah Morning…
Georgia Department of Labor updates unemployment numbers
I track a lot of economic data each month, some of which I write about in my column in the Savannah Morning News. Usually, though, I’m just checking so that I can keep track of broader trends and don’t make…
This morning’s employment report
This morning’s data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics regarding December employment was somewhat worse than expected. I wish I had a dollar for every time economic data over the last few years has been “worse than expected.” Maybe there…
Krugman on the “recovery”
In my year-end column here, I mention in passing that the unemployment rate seems likely to remain elevated for years. In his most recent column in the NYT, Paul Krugman explains why that’s a certainty, even assuming a fairly rapid…