MuniNet Guide's 50-State Employment Outlook Takes a Broader View of the State of State Employment Trends by Jeffrey L Garceau There have long been debates over whether the unemployment rate is the best metric for measuring the employment health of the nation, the...
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Jobs in the States: Employment and Unemployment Figures for 2016
MuniNet Breaks Down State Employment Figures for Year 2016 in Six Charts The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its annual report on employment and unemployment for regions and states in 2016. BLS includes unemployment rates and employment-population ratios for...
A Tale of Three Cities: Employment Picture Continues to Improve in U.S. Cities, Imbalanced Progress
Three Cities Show Three Images of Employment Picture Fortunes The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) unemployment figures for September 2016 earlier this month. Of the 387 official metro areas in the United States, 224 (58%)...
U.S. Metro Areas Reflect Improving Employment Environment
Three Out of Four Metros Having Better Employment Performance In June 2016 Than June 2015 The Bureau of Labor Statistics released their June numbers for Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) unemployment and employment metrics. Of the 387 official metro areas in the...
America’s Major Metro Areas Continue to Reduce Unemployment
Large Cities Continue to Beat National Average The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) unemployment figures for April 2016. Of the 387 official metro areas in the United States, 269 (70%) saw their unemployment rates drop...
How Is Your State’s Economy Trending — Leaders and Laggards – 2nd Quarter Results
November 20, 2015 By Bradford Langs The U.S. economic recovery is in its sixth year, although this recovery has been deemed modest at best. In fact, the Fed has not raised rates in nearly ten years, but may be positioning for its first rate hike at the December...
Economic Indicators Erratic and Uneven Growth among U.S. States
by guest contributor Bradford Langs Now in its seventh year, the U.S. economic recovery (which began in July 2009) has been deemed modest at best. Both gross domestic product (GDP) and job growth remain erratic and uneven overall - particularly among states. Regarding...
Economic Indicators 2014 Year-End Data Reveals Uneven Recovery
The U.S. economic recovery is now almost six years old (June 2009 was the final month of the recession). This recovery has been deemed weak, with both GDP and job growth remaining both erratic and uneven. Unemployment levels have declined to a sub 6% level from a 10%...
Mining the Web: A Closer Look at Long-Term Unemployment
There’s unemployment, and then there’s long-term unemployment. Over one third of the nation’s unemployed workers has been out of work for more than six months, according to the Urban Institute, in a recently released interactive feature entitled, “27 Weeks and...
Top Cities for Job Satisfaction
People who work in the Bay Area tend to report the highest job satisfaction, according to a new report by Glassdoor, an online jobs and career community that offers an inside view of companies. Topping the Glassdoor Employment Satisfaction Report Card are San Jose...