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Refugees bolster shrinking workforces, but policy changes limit labor pool

by Kelly Zegers | May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized

Since 2011, Minnesota wholesaler Bailey Nurseries has tapped into the local refugee community to hire full-time and seasonal workers. It was a win-win situation, to fill open positions and help new neighbors adjust to a different life. “We just kept working with it...
Jobs jump in April, in 103rd straight month of growth

Jobs jump in April, in 103rd straight month of growth

by Kelly Zegers | May 7, 2019 | Employment, Featured

Hiring jumped in April, with unemployment down to its lowest rate in decades, giving President Trump continued political fodder while he takes credit for economic growth. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 263,000 in April, the Labor Department said Friday, solidifying a...

Five things to watch in the March inflation report

by Kelly Zegers | Apr 9, 2019 | Uncategorized

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its consumer price index report on Wednesday, April 10 at 8:30 a.m. Here are five things to watch in the March report: Gasoline prices will boost overall inflation A bump in gasoline prices is expected to be the main driver...

Despite rising restaurants prices, consumers absorb the costs

by Kelly Zegers | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

When Tamara Young moved from Washington, D.C. to New York City, she wasn’t expecting her eating habits to change much. But the 23-year-old finds herself living in what she calls the Bedford-Stuyvesant food desert in a four-person apartment with a kitchen that has...

Inflation subdued in February, despite labor, wage and tariff pressures

by Kelly Zegers | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized

Inflation remained subdued in February, despite a tight labor market, wage growth and tariff pressures. The consumer price index increased .2 percent from January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday, and was in line with economists’ expectations. That made...
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