SC Work Force Growth Continues
The Palmetto State’s winning streak is still going when it comes to labor participation … although the South Carolina economy itself is hardly “winning,” as...
Labor Participation
January Jobs Report: Another Surge
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Good news abounds inside latest employment data ......
Palmetto State Work Force: Modest Uptick
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Still, long-term trend lines for South Carolina work force are atrocious ......
August 2017 Jobs Report: Tepid
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America's employment situation continues to disappoint ......
SC Economy Watch: Labor Participation Plunges
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Terrible new employment data shows a steady decline in the Palmetto State's workforce ......
Men At Work (Not)
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WHITHER PRODUCTIVITY? Young American men are working far less than they did as recently as a decade-and-a-half ago … the latest sign of the United...
June 2017 Jobs Report: Better
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WAGES STILL WEAK, THOUGH … The U.S. economy added 222,000 jobs during the month of June, according to data released this week by the U.S. Bureau...
American Un-Exceptionalism
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SCARY LABOR PARTICIPATION DATA … We’ve written a lot about the labor participation rate being the real employment indicator to watch. Why? Because labor participation...
June Jobs Report: From Famine To Feast
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EMPLOYMENT REBOUND? The federal jobs report released last month was an unmitigated disaster – the worst print since 2010. The one released today? Quite the opposite …...
SC Labor Participation Rate Inches Lower
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PALMETTO STATE HAS NATION’S EIGHTH-SMALLEST WORKFORCE … South Carolina’s labor participation rate slipped from 59.9 percent in April to 59.8 percent in May – the...