We’ve written recently about St. Louis’ lack of small-business job growth,  and today a new Kauffman Foundation study reminds us why this issue is so important. Analyzing U.S. Census data for 2007, Kauffman says that two-thirds of all net job creation…

A few years ago, an MBA degree seemed like an instant ticket to riches. The typical graduating MBA would deluged with job offers, complete with signing bonuses and other nice perks. That, however, was before the Wall Street meltdown. Now,…

As I mentioned in Sunday’s column, St. Louis University economist Jack Strauss thinks the lack of an entrepreneurial culture is a big reason why St. Louis has a tortoise-like economy. At a conference Thursday sponsored by SLU’s Simon Center for Regional…

The economy is already recovering from recession and will get stronger in 2010, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said today in St. Louis. The recovery is being driven by a slowing of inventory liquidation and an improvement in home building, he said.

However, like…

Members of the National Association for Business Economics think that the recession is over, but that the unemployment rate will remain almost as high a year ago from now as it is now today. Those are the highlights of a…

Presidential adviser Larry Summers started his speech in St. Louis today on an optimistic note, discussing the economy’s improvement in the past few months, but he quickly switched to talking about ways in which the glass is half empty. Summers,…

After reading STL JobWatch’s update on the unemployment situation in St. Louis, I headed for the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to refresh my knowledge on where the jobs are being lost. There are no surprises in the big industry categories, which I’ll…

When the Federal Reserve released its Beige Book economic survey a couple of weeks ago, the St. Louis region was the only area that didn’t report stable or improving economic conditions. It should be no surprise, then, that when the St.…

The Corporation for Enterprise Development, which espouses policies that help Americans build savings, start businesses and buy homes, gives middling marks to both Missouri and Illinois.

Both states got solid C’s on CFED’s latest Assets and Opportunity Scorecard. That’s better than…

BusinessWeek is out with its 2009 ranking of best places to launch a career, and it was tough to find employers that are still doing a lot of hiring. That makes Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which had filled 3,950 entry-level positions this…