by Michael Pakko | Dec 21, 2012
New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Department of Workforce Services show the Arkansas unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percent to 7.0% in November. The number of unemployed fell by 2,359 to 95,935. Both the unemployment rate and the number of...
by Michael Pakko | Dec 19, 2012
Total personal income in Arkansas rose by 1.0% in the third quarter, with a particularly sharp increase in farm income. According to today’s news release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Arkansas’ third-quarter growth rate was the...
by Michael Pakko | Dec 4, 2012
Figures released this morning by the Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration show sales tax receipts were up 3.8% in November from a year earlier. Generally, remissions of sales taxes correspond to sales that took place in the previous month, so the...
by Michael Pakko | Nov 29, 2012
New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that October unemployment rates were down from a year ago in 329 of the nation’s 372 metropolitan areas. All of Arkansas’ metro areas are included in this total. As shown in the table below,...
by Michael Pakko | Nov 28, 2012
Yesterday’s report on home sales included data showing that average home prices were up 7.8% from October 2011 through October 2012. On a year-to-date basis, average prices were up 10.4%. Average sales prices are not necessarily a good measure of overall home...
