Existing Home Sales Remained Up in March Year-Over-Year, But Cooled from the...
Existing home sales rose an impressive 12.3 percent in March compared to 1-year ago, but cooled slightly, dipping 3.7 percent from this February on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of 6.01...
View ArticleMSA Job Performance Metrics March 2021
Jobs are everything to the economy and the ultimate demand for real estate. While the pandemic saw 22.4 million jobs disappear from February to April 2020, all but 8.4 million of those job numbers...
View ArticleU.S. April 2021 Jobs Report Falls Short of Expectations, Unemployment Rises
Lofty expectations by economists and government officials called for a strong and robust April jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), including: ADP’s forecast of 772,000 job...
View ArticleMay 2021 State Job Metrics in a Recovering Pandemic Landscape
Yesterday this Blog discussed state employment metrics for May 2021. See https://blog.stewart.com/stewart/2021/06/28/may-2021-state-job-metrics-in-a-recovering-pandemic-landscape/ Today the same...
View ArticleThe Most and Least Educated States and Implications for Earnings and...
The same degrees from differing colleges and universities, just as all students from a given school with the same degree, are not equal. Every college, university, course, person, employer and locale...
View ArticleEmployment Report June 2021 — Best Job Gains in 10-Months, Recovery Continues...
The U.S. added 850,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in June 2021 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most jobs added monthly since August 2020 when 1.583 million jobs were brought back from...
View ArticleU.S. Unemployment by State — Benefits, Status and Implications
Want to know why we still have high unemployment despite a record number of job openings? Just read to the end. Jobs Are Everything Jobs are everything to the economy and the ultimate source of...
View ArticleU.S. Added 943,000 Net New Jobs in July 2021 — Best Monthly Growth Since...
The U.S. added 943,000 net new jobs in July 2021 on a seasonally adjusted basis, the best gain seen since August 2020 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This was slightly better...
View ArticleState Job Growth Rates July 2021 – Still Just Only Two States Recovered to...
Jobs are everything to the economy and ultimately effective demand for real estate of all types. Despite all-time record stimulus spending, there are still just two states, Utah and Idaho, with more...
View ArticleMetro Employment Data July 2021 — 32 MSAs Recovered, 348 to Go…..
Jobs are everything to an economy and the ultimate effective demand for real estate. When the Pandemic broke out in March 2020, the immediate effect was the loss of 22.4 million jobs in the next 60...
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