News Releases
11.02.2012
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL, NC (November 2, 2012) – Between September 2011 and September 2012, unemployment rates fell in every one of North Carolina’s 100 countries and in all 14 of the state’s metropolitan areas. Over the same period, labor force sizes ...
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10.19.2012
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL (October 19, 2012) – North Carolina recorded no net job growth in September, as a decline in public-sector payrolls offset almost all of an increase in private-sector payrolls. Over the month, the state gained 100 more payroll jobs ...
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10.08.2012
News Releases, Policy Points
(October 8, 2012) Last Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the national employment report for September 2012. As South by North Strategies, Ltd. (SBN) noted in its monthly analysis, the American economy gained an estimated 114,000 jobs in September, while ...
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10.05.2012
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL (October 5, 2012) – The national labor market added 114,000 more jobs than it lost in September. That payroll growth, while modest, helped to reduce the national unemployment rate to 7.8 percent, which was the lowest rate (seasonally ...
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09.28.2012
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL (September 28, 2012) – Between August 2011 and August 2012, unemployment rates fell in 92 of North Carolina’s 100 counties and in 13 of the state’s 14 metropolitan areas. Over that same period, labor force sizes contracted or ...
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