FROM the BLS: Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in August. Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate increases from July, 15 states had decreases, and 11 states had no change . . . In Maine, the UER ticked up 0.1 percentage points to 5.6% from last month, but […]
THE post-2008 economic recovery has been anemic by most measures, with job growth in particular making weak gains. However, job growth in the U.S. has slowly declined over the past three decades, specifically since 2000 (the last year annual job growth in the U.S. hit 2%). Among the myriad of explanations for why job growth […]
THE Center for Workforce Research and Information released average weekly wage data for the first quarter of this year for Maine. Overall, wages leveled off from Q1 2013 to Q1 2014, with real wages for all industries declining $1.40, and real wages for service providing industries and goods producing industries declining $1.59 and $2.56, respectively. […]
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