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…
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Loading ...As the Job Watch blog mentioned earlier this week, metro St. Louis lost 7,000 jobs in March. That was the fifth straight monthly decline in the seasonally adjusted employment total, and with details now available on BLS.gov, we can see which industries…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The St. Louis metro area lost 1,600 jobs in February, according to new seasonally adjusted figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. St. Louis has posted losses for five months in a row, and employment has fallen by 31,500, or 2.3…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The St. Louis metro area lost 26,800 jobs between January 2008 and January 2009, according to new figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is the fifth straight month of year-over-year job losses, and the biggest negative number we’ve…
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Jack Strauss, head of St. Louis University’s Simon Center for Regional Economic Forecasting, predicted today that metro St. Louis will lose about 0.1 percent of its jobs during 2009. A shrinking job market is always bad news, but Strauss’ forecast would…
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...I’ve been perusing the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ year-end employment estimates for St. Louis, and 2008 was clearly the worst year we’ve seen in a long time. The overall loss of 23,000 jobs was the biggest since at least 1991. Looked…
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