by Michael Pakko | Jun 28, 2017
In its latest news release on metro area employment and unemployment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that unemployment rates “were lower in May than a year earlier in 298 of the 388 metropolitan areas.” Seven of the eight metro areas including parts...
by Michael Pakko | Jun 23, 2017
Arkansas is a relatively low income state, but it is also a state with a very low cost of living. A dollar of income supports more real spending in Arkansas than it would in other, more expensive parts of the country. New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis...
by Michael Pakko | Jun 1, 2017
Unemployment rates in Arkansas metro area continued their downward trend in April. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday that unemployment rates were lower than a year earlier in 322 of the nation’s 388 metropolitan areas. Seven of Arkansas’...
by Michael Pakko | May 24, 2017
Arkansas house prices continue to trend upward, but at a slower pace than the national average. According to the latest Expanded Data indexes from the Federal Housing Finance agency, Arkansas house prices rose 1.2% in the first quarter of 2017. Over the most recent...
by Michael Pakko | May 3, 2017
New data on unemployment in Arkansas metro areas shows rates generally continuing to trend downward in March. The exceptions were Pine Bluff and Texarkana, each of which had unemployment rates that were unchanged from February. Elsewhere in the state, unemployment...
by Michael Pakko | Apr 5, 2017
Data on unemployment rates for metropolitan areas are still in flux after recent revisions. Today’s news release featured new information for February and revised figures for January, but the databases at the Bureau of Labor Statistics have not yet been updated...
