by Michael Pakko | Nov 5, 2015
Thank you to all the participants and attendees for this morning’s Economic Briefing, co-sponsored by the Institute for Economic Advancement and the Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The links below contain copies of the presentation...
by Michael Pakko | Oct 20, 2015
The state employment report that came out this morning contained mixed signals. The good news was that the unemployment rate dropped by two-tenths of a percent to 5.2%. The national unemployment rate remained steady at 5.1%, so the gap between Arkansas and the U.S....
by Michael Pakko | Oct 1, 2015
The latest report on metropolitan area unemployment rates came out yesterday, showing unemployment rates down in all of Arkansas’ metro areas. The not-seasonally adjusted data showed that on a year-over-year basis, unemployment rates were down by amounts...
by Michael Pakko | Sep 30, 2015
New data on personal income by state for the second quarter show an increase of 0.8% in Arkansas, compared to 0.9 for the United States. Over the past four quarters, income has expanded 3.1% in Arkansas and 4.1% nationwide. Today’s report also included a sharp...
by Michael Pakko | Sep 24, 2015
Yesterday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released new statistics on GDP for the nation’s metropolitan areas. The BEA reported that the average growth rate for U.S. metro areas in 2014 was 2.3%. Among metro areas that cover parts of Arkansas, only...
