by Michael Pakko | Nov 8, 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...
by Michael Pakko | Nov 8, 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...
by Michael Pakko | Nov 3, 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...
by Michael Pakko | Oct 28, 2011
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...
by Michael Pakko | Oct 25, 2011
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...
