Expected Employment Revisions – 2011

News coverage of the Arkansas Economic Forecast Conference featured the forecast of an “expected future revision of history.”  Just as in 2009, it appears likely that the annual benchmark revision of payroll employment data will include sharply lower...

Expected Employment Revisions – 2011

News coverage of the Arkansas Economic Forecast Conference featured the forecast of an “expected future revision of history.”  Just as in 2009, it appears likely that the annual benchmark revision of payroll employment data will include sharply lower...

Metro Area Unemployment – September 2011

Yesterday, the September figures for employment and unemployment were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The not-seasonally-adjusted data for Arkansas metro areas show that unemployment was higher in September of 2011 than in September of 2010 everywhere...

Arkansas Home Sales

The Arkansas Realtors® Association (ARA) announced this morning that home sales in September were up approximately 10.3 percent from a year earlier.  In recent months, we’ve seen substantial year-over-year increases in home sales.  In part, this is attributable...

Arkansas Economic Forecast Conference – November 2

The 2011 Arkansas Economic Forecast Conference is only one week away.  This year’s conference features the national outlook from Ken Simonson, Chief Economist for the Associated General Contractors of America.  A panel of speakers will address specific areas of...
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