By Adam Pagnucco. Since 2006, I have written more than 4,000 posts about state and county politics and government. Few of them have had more consequences than County Government: Census…
Economy
Is MoCo Building Enough Housing?
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the county government alleged that U.S. Census Bureau data on building permits was inaccurate. In our case, the county’s failure to report its data to…
By Adam Pagnucco. This series examines new estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for employment and related stats in 2022. Part One looked at total employment, Part…
By Adam Pagnucco. This series examines new estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for employment and related stats in 2022. Part One looked at total employment, Part…
By Adam Pagnucco. Two days ago, I wrote a post about the fact that building permit data published by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that Montgomery County permitted the lowest…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One examined total employment over three time intervals and Part Two examined private sector employment. Now let’s look at establishments. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we examined new estimates of total employment by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Washington area jurisdictions in 2022. Now let’s look at…
By Adam Pagnucco. Update: The county government is disputing the accuracy of the Census Bureau’s building permit estimates and claims that Montgomery’s numbers are much higher. I am working with…
By Adam Pagnucco. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released its first estimates of employment, establishments and wages by county for 2022. Let’s see how Montgomery County and…
By Adam Pagnucco. Preliminary data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) last week on employment growth in the nation’s 356 largest counties last year shows that MoCo…