By The Tim on May 22, 2009
Here are a few relevant news stories that have popped into my inbox in the last few days:
Associated Press: Wash. revenue down, but recession may be softening
Seattle P-I: Housing recovery depends on jobs, banker says
Associated Press: Wash. unemployment rate stayed same in April
Tacoma News-Tribune: Turning little boxes into living space
Everett Herald: Blow to Everett waterfront [...]
Posted in News | Tagged AP, Boeing, condos, Everett, Everett_Herald, Jobs, job_growth, link_roundup, pending, Seattle Times, Seattle_PI, small spaces, Tacoma_Tribune, unemployment
By The Tim on April 15, 2009
Here’s a chart to help put the latest local unemployment statistics in perspective:
You can see that yes, unemployment reached yet another record high in March. However, the good news is that the rate of increase in the unemployment rate has slowed significantly.
For the last six months or so the unemployment rate had been jumping [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged Jobs, job_growth, unemployment
By The Tim on March 18, 2009
Washington State’s latest unemployment statistics came out yesterday, and King County came in with a staggering 8.0% unemployment rate.
To put this in context, I created the following graph, which charts local unemployment back to 1990 (as far as I can locate data), and compares it to the nationwide unemployment rate as well as “official” recessions [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged Jobs, job_growth, unemployment
By The Tim on February 15, 2009
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Posted in Polls | Tagged Economy, job_growth, Polls
By The Tim on September 17, 2008
The local unemployment rate continues to rise sharply, according to the August data that was just released.
As economic thunderstorms lash Wall Street and soak most of the rest of the country, Seattle and Washington state have managed to stay fairly dry. But beware: The skies are darkening quickly.
Unemployment in Washington state took a big jump [...]
Posted in News | Tagged DeSilver, job_growth, Seattle_Times, unemployment
By The Tim on September 15, 2008
Here’s a pair of interesting articles from the Puget Sound Business Journal this weekend.
Puget Sound job growth slowing to trickle
The [Puget Sound] Economic Forecaster, published for the last 15 years and used by companies and governments across the region, is predicting the four-county region will add just 5,900 jobs in the third quarter of this [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Berton, Business Journal, Grind, Jobs, job_growth, rent
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