Economy Watch: SC Jobless Claims Remain Well Below Pre-Pandemic LevelsWill FolksSeptember 2, 2021September 5, 2021 by Will FolksSeptember 2, 2021September 5, 2021 A good sign for the Palmetto State ... but its employment situation remains untenable....
July 2021 South Carolina Employment Situation: Minimal ImprovementWill FolksAugust 21, 2021August 30, 2021 by Will FolksAugust 21, 2021August 30, 2021 Fiscally-liberal GOP lawmakers keep taxing and spending as Palmetto State's labor participation rate remains among America's worst ......
South Carolina Loses Momentum On JobsWill FolksMay 22, 2021May 26, 2021 by Will FolksMay 22, 2021May 26, 2021 But state lawmakers want to blow every penny of a $1.7 billion surplus on bigger government ......
South Carolina Labor Participation Rate Continues Its ReboundFITSNewsApril 20, 2021April 23, 2021 by FITSNewsApril 20, 2021April 23, 2021 Palmetto State still ranks fourth-worst nationally in critical employment metric, however ......
South Carolina Employment Situation: Jobless Rate Drops But Record-Low Labor Participation PersistsFITSNewsNovember 20, 2020December 2, 2020 by FITSNewsNovember 20, 2020December 2, 2020 Mixed bag for Palmetto State economy ......
South Carolina Employment Situation: Record Low Labor ParticipationFITSNewsOctober 20, 2020October 22, 2020 by FITSNewsOctober 20, 2020October 22, 2020 A decline in unemployment isn't good news if the work force is shrinking ......
South Carolina Jobless Rate Falls Again, But So Does Labor ParticipationFITSNewsSeptember 18, 2020September 25, 2020 by FITSNewsSeptember 18, 2020September 25, 2020 Ranks of the unemployed shrunk, but so did the state's labor force ......
Pandemic Fallout: South Carolina Jobless Rate Skyrocketed In AprilFITSNewsMay 22, 2020May 27, 2020 by FITSNewsMay 22, 2020May 27, 2020 Unprecedented bad news in latest employment situation report ......
Nikki Haley’s Economic Miracle? You Can Stick A Fork In It …FITSNewsApril 29, 2014July 23, 2014 by FITSNewsApril 29, 2014July 23, 2014 SOUTH CAROLINA WORKFORCE HITS A NEW RECORD LOW … S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is America’s “Jobs Governor,” or so she would have you believe …...
SC Jobs Report: No ProgressFITSNewsSeptember 20, 2013September 20, 2013 by FITSNewsSeptember 20, 2013September 20, 2013 South Carolina’s unemployment rate remained stuck at 8.1 percent for the third consecutive month in August, while the state’s labor force continued shrinking. More than...