Nearly 1.3 million fewer people are employed today than this time last year. Beyond the headlines reporting on the recently-released April jobs report that told us 115,000 jobs were added…
Editors at National Review Online analyze the latest American employment numbers. Investment gurus generally say that it is a mistake to put too much stress on one month’s numbers —…
John Puri writes for National Review Online about disturbing new economic data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its jobs report for February. … The numbers are not great, to…
Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute ponders surprising US employment numbers. Markets, economists and Federal Reserve officials seem to believe that the US labour market spent most of last…
Editors at National Review Online urge federal policymakers to resist the urge to “do something.” Monday’s fall in the S&P (3 percent) was the biggest one-day drop since )a little…
Editors at National Review Online ponder the Golden State’s experience with a government-mandated minimum wage. One of the fundamental principles of economics is that if the price of something goes…
Nicholas Eberstadt documents a critical economic and social challenge. The US labor force more than doubled in size between 1965 and early 2023, rising from less than seventy-five million to…
North Carolina’s unemployment rate decreased again in April from March’s rate of 3.5% to 3.4% according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The national rate also decreased…
The monthly local jobs report reveals unemployment rates and related economic indicators at the county level. The local jobs report for February released Wednesday shows unemployment rates decreased in 74 counties, increased…
North Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped from 3.8% to 3.6% last month, according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. This rate is still above the state’s rate…
Unemployment rates increased in all but one of North Carolina’s 100 counties in January, according to the latest release from the state’s Department of Commerce. These local rates are not seasonally adjusted…
North Carolina’s unemployment rate remained unchanged for the month of January, matching December’s revised rate of 3.8% according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The national rate…