Tag Archives: Employment
Map: Where Minnesotans Are Moving to
Forbes has an online interactive map showing migration around the Country. Below is an image I got when I clicked on Hennepin County, MN. The red lines are showing people moving out of Hennepin County and black lines are showing … Continue reading
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Chart of the Day: Housing Starts vs. Unemployed
Sometimes a Picture is worth a thousand words… This one speaks volumes. Linked from Captain Capitalism Related articles Minneapolis St Paul Building Permits and Housing Starts (craigkamman.wordpress.com) Long-term unemployment worsens (csmonitor.com) The Long Dark Tea Time of the Unemployed (martinandrade.wordpress.com) … Continue reading
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Minneapolis/St Paul Residential Construction Employment
I was inspired to see what kind of data was available for the Twin Cities metropolitan area for the Construction Employment from a post on Calculated Risk. The graph below shows the number of total construction payroll jobs in the U.S., including … Continue reading
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MN Adds 5,800 jobs in August – Unemployment Rate unchanged
Ever wonder how you can add employment and yet the unemployment rate stays the same? It always seems like “fuzzy” math to me… But then again, I am no economist – I am only looking into the employment situation because this … Continue reading
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US Bureau of Labor Statistics Report: Unemployment Rate unchanged – Sept 2 2011
This report was released this morning which looks like it sent stocks tumbling. I am not certain why the stock market reacts to this – was their really expectations that the unemployment rate changed? Really? Again, this is a very … Continue reading
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Hennepin County & Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Unemployment Rates August 31 2011
I have been preaching for many postings about what our real estate market needs to recover is JOBS. It is difficult to buy a home if you don’t have a job… The pricing won’t recover until we get the unemployment rate back to 3% – 5%, … Continue reading
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Minneapolis St Paul Building Permits and Housing Starts
I just posted the Building Permits and Housing Starts for the State of Minnesota, and now I see they just released the Minneapolis/St Paul charts. This is what counts for us, not the national stats or State stats – although … Continue reading
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Minnesota Unemployment Rate up to 7.2% August 19,2011
One of the key components we need for a healthy real estate market recovery is Jobs. If you don’t have a job, it is rather difficult to buy a home. Unfortunately this report is bad news. We are back up to 7.2% … Continue reading
