by Michael Pakko | Nov 3, 2021
The generally upbeat statistics in the September employment report for Arkansas carried over to today’s summary of job market conditions in the state’s metro areas. Unemployment rates were down in in all eight metro areas covering parts of Arkansas. The...
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 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 | Jun 30, 2021
Statewide employment trends have shown a slow pace of recovery over the past three months, and the data for the state’s metropolitan areas generally reflect that Unemployment rates were unchanged in five of the state’s metro areas, but declined slightly in...
by Michael Pakko | Jun 2, 2021
In a month where the statewide unemployment rate and payroll employment totals were essentially unchanged, labor market indicators for Arkansas’ metropolitan areas were mixed in April. From March to April, unemployment rates declined slightly in Northwest...
by Michael Pakko | Apr 28, 2021
New statistics for metro area employment and unemployment were released this morning. The data show that recovery from the pandemic-related unemployment spike of April 2020 continues across the state. Revisions to the household survey data, from which unemployment...