by Michael Pakko | Dec 17, 2010
. While a great deal of attention today was focused on the state employment/unemployment report, another key set of economic statistics also came out: The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that Arkansas personal income increased by 1.0% in the third quarter...
by Michael Pakko | Dec 17, 2010
Data on employment and unemployment were released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Arkansas Department of Workforce Services. The headline news is that the unemployment rate increased by yet another 0.1 percent to 7.9 percent. The number of...
by Michael Pakko | Dec 7, 2010
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest information (for October) on employment and unemployment in Metropolitan Statical Areas (MSAs) around the nation. The report suggests that labor markets in Arkansas’ metro areas are slowly...
by Michael Pakko | Nov 23, 2010
Today’s employment reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Arkansas Department of Workforce Services included both good news and bad news. The bad news was another uptick in the unemployment rate, up to 7.8% from 7.7% in September. The household...
by Michael Pakko | Nov 19, 2010
One of the topics discussed at the UALR Arkansas Economic Forecast Conference last week was the importance of government transfer payments for assessing personal income growth at this stage in the business cycle. During a recession, transfer payments tend to increase...
