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If you’re scanning for signs of weakness in the economy, the common advice has been to look at the labor market, and one economist says there are two things in …

Paul Toomey is the President of Geographic Solutions. He’s an expert in labor market data, workforce development and unemployment insurance. Over the last 140 years, the United States’ ability to …

Roughly 115,000 construction job openings disappeared from the government’s accounting last month, suggesting the labor shortage that has dogged the construction sector is waning. The on-the-ground reality, however, indicates something …

For all the talk about a housing shortage, there’s proportionately little attention paid to how the U.S. government is aggravating the situation by kicking out the workers who want to …

For all the talk about a housing shortage, there’s proportionately little attention paid to how the U.S. government is aggravating the situation by kicking out the workers who want to …

The labor market may feel uncertain, but the data tells a clear story: Hiring is sluggish, labor shortages are looming, and employers that use real-time insights can adapt faster and …

The count of open, unfilled positions in the construction industry decreased in August, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The decline occurred as home …

Downtown Jacksonville update: Apartments, townhomes under construction Construction is underway at the Four Seasons Hotel & Residences Jacksonville and One Riverside developments in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Goodwill Industries of North …

Federal Reserve Vice-chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman reiterated Friday that she believes decisive interest rate cuts are needed to ward off rising trouble in the job market. “Recent data show …