Some good news this morning from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: The unemployment rate declined from 7.3 percent to 7.0 percent in November, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 203,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment…
In a recent post to Peach Pundit, I noted that the state of Georgia saw job growth of 2.1 percent over the past year, but those gains have been clustered in the Atlanta metro area. So that’s not such good…
Given the partial shutdown of the federal government in October, many analysts and commentators were expecting dreary data in the employment report, which was released a week late because of the temporary layoffs. But the numbers looked pretty good. From…
I would describe the data in this post as fair at best, worrisome at worst. The slow recovery continues. From the BLS report for September that was delayed by the shutdown: Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 148,000 in September,…
Another decent if unextraordinary jobs report this morning. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 169,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported…
In a number of my City Talk columns in recent months, I’ve mentioned a crucial paradox: the downtown area in Savannah is attracting major investment, but local employment has been stagnating. Consider: Whole Foods and Kate Spade just opened, Anthropologie…
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in July, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in retail trade, food services and…
An earlier post noted a few details from today’s relatively solid employment situation summary from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Calculated Risk has obviously posted several updated graphs, which give a good, if very general, sense of just what’s been…
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 195,000 in June, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in leisure and hospitality, professional and…
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 175,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in professional and business services,…
I wish I had a way of measuring rhetoric from southerners about the California economy over the last six years. Here in Georgia, for a number of years before we felt the worst of things, state and local officials maintained…
Business professor Russ Wigh has been writing columns every other week for the Exchange in the Savannah Morning News for over two years. His final column came out last week: Same song, second verse for Savannah’s economic development I’ve enjoyed…
I’ve written about this issue on a number of occasions, but it’s time for an update. From Calculated Risk’s recent post Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs: Bush and Obama: The employment recovery during Mr. Bush’s first term was very…
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 236,000 in February, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services, construction,…
