The Metropolitan Area Employment Situation Improves Across the Nation in 2017, as Metro Areas Drive Growth in Labor Force Unemployment rates dropped in 81 percent of the metropolitan areas in the United States from December 2016 to December 2017 (314 of 388 areas),...
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MuniNet Data Shows Clear Leaders and Laggards in Metro Labor Force Trends among Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas
MuniNet Data Shows Growth in Metro Labor Force Trends among Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas. by Jeffrey L Garceau When discussing the health of the economy, the media typically pays attention to three metrics: unemployment rate, net jobs numbers, and gross domestic...
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...
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...
Metro Area Unemployment Numbers Show Improvement
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its metropolitan area unemployment figures for February 2016. Over 76% of the distinct metro areas (296 of 387) have improved over the year of February 2015 to February 2016. The lowest ranked metro area was Burlington-South...
Where are the Jobs? State Unemployment Performance in 2015
by Jeffrey L Garceau The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released their 2015 survey report of state employment figures. This survey serves to report unemployment figures for each state plus the District of Columbia, as well as employment-population ratios. MuniNet...