by Elisa Muyl | May 21, 2024 | Featured, Uncategorized
Embed from Getty Images Kwan Yong Lee moved to North Dakota in 2013, after graduating with an economics PhD from Purdue University, to work at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. He’s gotten pretty used to the cold, and likes that Grand Forks is safe, and...
by Elisa Muyl | May 6, 2024 | Employment, Featured
The US economy added fewer jobs than expected in April, signaling that months of surprising growth may finally be slowing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that employers added 175,000 new jobs in April, well below economists’ expectations of around 240,000...
by Elisa Muyl | Apr 24, 2024 | Manufacturing
Embed from Getty Images The US Census Bureau will release the March durable goods report on Wednesday morning. Economists expect orders for long-lasting manufactured goods to increase by 2.5 percent, or approximately $6.9 billion, over the previous month. So far this...
by Elisa Muyl | Apr 9, 2024 | Employment
Economists are looking at tomorrow’s job report to see whether the robust gains the employment market has made so far this year continued in March, demonstrating the job market’s surprising resilience in the face of high interest rates. Most predict that it has,...
by Elisa Muyl | Mar 28, 2024 | Manufacturing
New orders for long-lasting US manufactured goods grew slightly more than expected in February, though the modest gains are not a clear signal that the manufacturing sector is recovering from a recession. Overall, durable goods orders increased 1.4 percent, or $3.7...
