by Michael Pakko | Mar 18, 2016
New data on employment and unemployment in metropolitan areas were released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS report noted that unemployment rates were “lower in January than a year earlier in 333 of the 387 metropolitan areas.” All...
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 1, 2015
New data on unemployment rates in Arkansas metro areas show continuing downward trends. From July 2014 through July 2015, the state’s unemployment rate declined by 0.8%, with metro area changes ranging from -0.4% (Fort Smith) to -1.2% (Memphis and Texarkana)....
by Michael Pakko | Jul 14, 2015
New data from the Arkansas Realtors® Association indicates that May was a very strong month for home sales, up 11.5% compared to May 2014. Total sales for the month were 2,579, the highest single-month of sales since the summer of 2007. Home sales are typically...
by Michael Pakko | Apr 8, 2015
New data on metro area employment and unemployment came out this morning. As we reported last month, the metro area data are being revised significantly, taking into account new methodology and source information, as well as new definitions for many of the metro...
