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Rising Unemployment, Shrinking Labor Force Cloud Job Gains

Connecticut added 5,700 jobs in April, the strongest monthly gain since pandemic restrictions and closures eased in the middle of 2020. However, another jump in…

Help wanted sign, now hiring

‘Not the Signs of a Healthy Economy’

Stagnant job growth, rising unemployment, and a shrinking labor force…

Court Overturns Latest Trump Administration Tariffs

A federal court ruled May 7 that the Trump administration…

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Connecticut Economy

Hard to Find Full-Time Work in Connecticut? That All Depends

A 24/7 Wall St. report released on Aug. 10...

US Economy

U.S. Jobs Report Calls for Cautious Optimism

Cautious optimism–not celebration–is the right tone for the latest...

Connecticut Economy

First Quarter GDP Growth Lags New England

GDP statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of...

Connecticut Economy

June Job Gains Dampened by Revised May Numbers

The latest jobs report released by the Connecticut Department...

Connecticut Economy

State’s Business Climate: Policy Choices Matter

Connecticut’s escape from the country’s business climate cellar was...

State Employee Overtime: If You Don’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage It

There’s the old adage that if you don’t measure...

US Economy

U.S. Jobs Up and Down; The Real Story’s in the Averages

We just saw a big ‘wow’ number: 287,000 U.S....

Finally Some Good News on Manufacturing

Manufacturing has been struggling in the U.S. since mid-2015....

Trade

Brexit and Your Business

With the right wing prevailing in Austria; other right-wing...

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