News Releases
07.19.2013
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL, NC (July 19, 2013) – June marked the end to a disappointing six months for North Carolina’s labor market. Over the first half of 2013, employers added just 16,100 more jobs than they cut (+0.4 percent). That change ...
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07.05.2013
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL, NC (July 5, 2013) – The national labor market added in June 195,000 more jobs than it lost. The unemployment rate, however, was essentially unchanged from the prior month, as was the total number of unemployed Americans. Despite ...
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07.02.2013
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL, NC (July 2, 2013) – Between May 2012 and May 2013, unemployment rates fell in 71 of North Carolina’s 100 countries and in 11 of the state’s 14 metropolitan areas. Over the period, the size of the labor ...
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07.02.2013
News Releases
CHAPEL HILL, NC (July 2, 2013) – The economic difficulties stemming from the Great Recession have demonstrated the short-run and long-run importance of public safety net and work support programs to families with children.
To document the importance of a set of ...
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05.29.2013
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL, NC (May 29, 2013) – Between April 2012 and April 2013, unemployment rates fell in 76 of North Carolina’s 100 countries and in 12 of the state’s 14 metropolitan areas. Over the period, the size of the labor ...
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