One of these years I’ll make a new digital greeting card for you. But not this year. Merry Christmas!
Manufacturing Jobs Slip as Job Growth Slows
Let’s take a look at the breakdown of what sectors are adding jobs locally and what sectors are losing jobs. I had intended to post this yesterday but the day got away from me. Sorry about that! First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors over the past four years. Now…
Poll: What is the best Christmas movie?
This poll was active 12.22.2013 through 12.28.2013
Unemployment & Labor Participation Flat in November
Jobs data for November was released this week, so let’s take an updated look at the Seattle area’s unemployment rate and approximate labor participation rate alongside the national numbers. In November the Seattle area’s unemployment rate broke a four-month streak of increases, dipping just slightly from 5.7% in October to 5.6% last month. We are…
Median Price Drops Back Below Affordable Home Price
As promised in yesterday’s affordability post, here’s an updated look at the “affordable home” price chart. In this graph I flip the variables in the affordability index calculation around to other sides of the equation to calculate what price home the a family earning the median household income could afford to buy at today’s mortgage…