Latest Labor Market Insights and More

President-elect Biden has promised to invest $400 billion over ten years in clean energy and innovation.[1] That means there may soon be extensive funding available for renewable energy firms looking...

This article was published in the Richmond Times Dispatch on December 12, 2020. The spread of the coronavirus has hurt almost all businesses. Of the 12 major sectors that the Bureau of Labor...

  The Problem   In 2013, the Virginia General Assembly established the American Evolution 2019 Commemoration to mark the 400th anniversary of several landmark events in Virginia’s history, including:...

The spike in COVID-19 cases is expected to lead to slower employment growth in the nation based on the drop in job postings recorded in Chmura’s Real Time Intelligence (RTI). Since the end of the...

  As of October 2020, 5.9% of American veterans were unemployed.[1] Even though that’s lower than the civilian unemployment rate (6.8%), that still means that 483,000 veterans were unemployed in...

The Problem  The City of Bristol rests on the border of Virginia and Tennessee, just miles away from Bristol, TN and Kingsport, TN. Although the City of Bristol is small, its elected officials are...

How has the labor market shifted in the post-COVID world, that is, since the appearance of COVID?[1] Which occupations have been impacted? Which skillsets and certifications have seen increases or...

This article was published in the Richmond Times Dispatch on November 9, 2020. Real gross domestic product grew by a historically large 33.1% annualized rate in the third quarter after contracting at...

Don’t get us wrong. We love government data, with shout-outs to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Those sources produce...