Latest Labor Market Insights and More

Due in part to recent stock market volatility, fears of another recession have been growing. This despite a relatively healthy U.S. labor market and few indications that the economy is slowing with...

As of April 2014, employment in the U.S. economy exceeded the 138.35 million jobs that existed when the recession began in December 2007. Employment in more than a third of the U.S. metropolitan...

If you are looking for work during the next decade, consider health care and construction jobs. Those two industries should see the fastest-growing employment in the Richmond area. The health care...

Dr. Christine Chmura, Chmura Economics & Analytics, and Dr. Stephen Fuller, George Mason University, demonstrated the Virginia Department of Defense (DoD) Procurement Economic Impact Evaluation Model...

Written by Patrick Clapp and Chris Chmura. The impact of shutting down the U.S. government is much larger than the 800,000 federal workers who are staying at home and not spending money on commuting...

Chmura Economics & Analytics recently presented its second annual Workforce Boardroom Conference. The conference theme was Illuminate to Innovate, and it brought thought leaders from a variety of...

We know it. Workforce planning and workforce training are topics being discussed in boardrooms all over the country. Whether you believe the skills gap is real or imagined, it’s a big challenge...

Governor McDonnell Ceremonially Signs Virginia's Historic Bi-Partisan Transportation Funding Bill – Legislation Provides Over $3.4 Billion in Statewide Funding, $1.5 Billion for Northern Virginia,...

The topic of sequestration is on everyone’s mind today and the nation’s legislators are faced with some tough decisions. Sequestration, by definition, refers to automatic across-the-board spending...