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Today’s Daily Data Discussion post will look at markets around the country with the lowest percentages of service job employment.
Yesterday we took a look at markets with very high levels of service sector employment; all reported values were well above the average value of 40.7%. Conversely, the markets with lowest percentages of employment in the […]
“Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.” - Nathaniel Emmons
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Driving back to my office after an early morning meeting in Bozeman this morning I listened a bit to the morning news cycle on our local news and talk radio station.
Once again the media is breathlessly reporting the “horrible news for home-owners” reflected in today’s Case-Shiller Index (CSI) release. If you’re so inclined here’s the […]
Those in the media looking for bad news today have been given another gift – The Conference Board’s release of their May Consumer Confidence Index. The index is down for the fifth month in a row to a 16 year low point (October, 1992); the Present Situation Index and Expectations Index are both down also […]
Today’s Daily Data Discussion post will look at markets around the country with very high percentages of service job employment.
Why think about employment in the service sector?
Service employment makes up a great percentage of employment in most markets; in our database the “average” market has 40.7% of its jobs in the service sector. Service sector […]
“Freedom costs you a great deal.” - Lillian Hellman
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Memorial Day is a great time to gather with family and friends to have some fun and to unofficially open the summer season. Great grilled food, a cold adult beverage (or not), the fellowship of friends and family, and the official start to the summer season make this a special long weekend.
We’d encourage you and […]
It’s the Memorial Day Weekend and time to enjoy great food with family and friends. Hopefully your weather is better than ours here in southern Montana – we’re now in our fifth day of rain and cool.
For those who enjoy a great cut of meat, a steak on the grill is one of the quintessential […]
Wouldn’t you like to have a pair of the rose colored glasses the executive team at the NAR wears when they look at housing market data?
According to the NAR press release this morning, existing home sales (SFH, townhomes, condos and co-ops) declined 1.0% in April to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.89 million units. This […]
Yesterday we took a look at the markets around the country with the highest percentage of their population in the 30-34 age band, as well as some of the rationale for doing so.
To complete the discussion, here are the bottom five markets in our database as of today in terms of the percentage of the […]
“Sound judgement, with discernment, is the best of seers.” - Euripides
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Economic development updates for Harlingen covering recent months include:
Subsea 7, a Norwegian subsea engineering and construction firm, is building a pipe assembly plant. The plant could bring as many as 100 new jobs to the area. The plant could attract offshore oil and gas companies to the area.
Kohl’s Department Stores recently opened a new store […]
Economic development updates for Fort Worth covering recent months include:
Hilite International Inc. plans to hire an additional 90 workers this year. This expansion will bring the companies work force up to 250 employees.
Taiwan-based manufacturer Fong Kai Industrial Co. Ltd. is opening a new plant in Carrollton. The company will hire 30 to 40 new people […]
Economic development updates for El Paso covering recent months include:
A new prison is coming to El Paso. The $64 million, 1,086 bed prison is scheduled to open in May. Over 390 new jobs will be created.
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Today let’s take another look at demographic age banding in markets, specifically at the 30-34 age band.
Why look at this age band?
At least in the 2 decades or so before the current mortgage crisis, many articulated that most first time home buyers were in the 30-34 age band. Current objective research on this fact is […]
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