SC Labor Participation: February Uptick
A “McMASTER MIRACLE?” NO … BUT A GOOD START FOR SOUTH CAROLINA’S NEW GOVERNOR A key economic indicator in the Palmetto State showed progress during the...
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Revised SC Workforce Data: Not Pretty
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SOUTH CAROLINA’S WORKFORCE IS STILL STRUGGLING … Seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed South Carolina’s labor participation rate was worse...
Donald Trump’s Challenge: Making Men Work Again
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CAN HE DO IT? The ascension of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States comes at a critical time for the American economy....
Donald Trump’s First Jobs Report
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GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS … The U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs in January, well above Wall Street’s expectation of 175,000 new positions. Even better, the...
October Jobs Report: Labor Force Exodus Resumes
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FINAL PRE-ELECTION REPORT ISSUED … The final government jobs report prior to next Tuesday’s elections is in … and the numbers aren’t good. According to the...
SC Labor Participation Still Falling
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PALMETTO WORKFORCE SHRINKS AGAIN … The percentage of working age South Carolinians who are part of the labor force dipped again during the month of August,...
September Jobs Report Misses Expectations
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WORRISOME SURGE IN PART-TIMERS, TOO … The U.S. economy created only 156,000 new jobs during the month of September – below analysts’ expectation of a...
US Employment Estimates Lowered
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GOVERNMENT KILLS 150,000 JOBS … With the stroke of a pen, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) killed 150,000 jobs this week. Ouch, right? According...
August Jobs Report Backtracks
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THERE’S TROUBLING WAGE DATA, TOO … After back-to-back months of fairly robust job growth (in quantity, anyway), the U.S. employment situation dimmed a bit during...
Palmetto Labor Participation Rate Slips Further
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SOUTH CAROLINA WORKFORCE IS SHRINKING AGAIN … The percentage of South Carolina’s working age population that’s participating in the labor force dipped again in July...