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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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It’s the Economy, Stupid: Conclusion
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By Adam Pagnucco. This series has discussed a lot of economic data but let’s change the subject to you, the reader. Who are you? Are…
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It’s the Economy, Stupid: Proprietor Income
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By Adam Pagnucco. Here is a huge part of our economy that is largely untracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: proprietors. This is…
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It’s the Economy, Stupid: Average Wages
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last time, we looked at wage and salary employment growth and found that we lagged most of the region over the last…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Now let’s look at wage and salary employment. Statistics on this measure have garnered some negative headlines for Montgomery County over the…
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It’s the Economy, Stupid: Personal Income
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By Adam Pagnucco. Here is how the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis defines personal income. Income received by persons from all sources. It includes income…