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Economic Snapshot: Unemployment remains unchanged
While the numbers of long-term unemployed and discouraged workers are decreasing, the overall unemployment rate has remained relatively flat for…
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Economic Snapshot: Private sector employment adds 156,000 jobs in April
While 156,000 jobs were added in April, this is down from 194,000 jobs in March and 191,000 jobs in April…
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Economic Snapshot: New home sales down from March, up year-over-year
Though new home sales dipped this month, sales are still over 5 percent above the 2015 rate. New home sales…
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Economic Snapshot: Incremental changes in the housing market
The Housing Market Index is once again unchanged but existing home sales are showing growth in March. And while housing…
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Economic Snapshot: Small business optimism decreases over past 15 months
In the past 15 months, the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index has decreased from 100 to 92.8. NFIB small business…
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Economic Snapshot: Unemployment continues to stagnate
While unemployment numbers are low and the percentage is close to its rate pre-recession, it has seen little movement across…
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Economic Snapshot: Consumer confidence up from February
Consumer confidence has moved up and down from month to month since July 2015, but has hovered in the low…
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Economic Snapshot: Existing home sales drop in February
Existing home sales dropped in February but are up year over year. Conversely, new home sales were up in February…
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Economic Snapshot: Housing starts continue double-digit YOY growth
Both privately owned housing starts and housing completions posted double-digit gains in February, indicating long-term growth for the housing market.…
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Economic Snapshot: Unemployment rate down to 4.9 percent
While the unemployment rate is essentially unchanged at 4.9 percent, it is now below 5 percent for the first time…
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