by Michael Pakko | Sep 29, 2021
The latest report on metropolitan area employment shows ongoing improvement in Arkansas’ metro areas, with some recovering from the COVID-19 recession more rapidly than others. Five of the eight metro areas covering parts of Arkansas saw the unemployment rate...
by Michael Pakko | Sep 17, 2021
The state employment report for August had no real surprises, but was generally consistent with the ongoing trend of slowly improving labor market conditions as we emerge from the COVID-19 recession. Data associated with the BLS Household survey was comparatively...
by Michael Pakko | Sep 3, 2021
The statewide employment data released two weeks ago showed an ongoing slow pace of recovery in Arkansas labor markets. The unemployment rate, for example, ticked down by less than one-tenth of a percentage point (seasonally adjusted). Newly published data for...
by Michael Pakko | Aug 20, 2021
Arkansas labor markets continued their snails’-pace recovery in July. The official unemployment rate declined by one-tenth of a percent, to 4.3%, but that change was essentially within the range of rounding error. From March through July, Arkansas’...
by Michael Pakko | Jul 29, 2021
The statewide employment data for June showed little change in Arkansas labor market conditions, and the newly-released data for metropolitan areas consistent with that conclusion. On a not-seasonally adjusted basis, unemployment rates in Arkansas metro areas rose by...
by Michael Pakko | Jul 16, 2021
Labor market indicators suggest that the Arkansas economy was treading water in June. The unemployment rate was unchanged, standing at 4.4% for the fourth month in a row and payroll employment was essentially unchanged. Arkansas’ 4.4% unemployment rate is less...
