Eleven metro areas created one third of all July jobs
Strong labor markets in eleven metropolitan areas accounted for one out of every three jobs created in the nation during the past 12 months. U.S.
Measured any which way, U.S. job growth turns dismal
Even those who don't usually follow economic indicators could not ignore the dismal news about U.S.
Washington, D.C., tops Forbes 2014 List of America's Coolest Cities
Forbes Magazine named Washington, D.C. as the “coolest” city in the nation. Boston, pictured here, came in at No. 10. But what makes some cities cool and others not? Dennis Hoffman, economist and director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute, offers an explanation.
Do college students pick majors based on potential earnings?
W. P. Carey Associate Professor of Finance Matthew Wiswall and Basit Zafar at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York conducted a study showing that college students lack accurate information about future earnings — information that lead some students to change their majors.
The facts about who’s getting those new jobs
A recent study asserted that immigrants scooped up all of the nation’s net job growth since 2007.