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    The Swift Effect: How Pop Culture Events Have Propped Up Local Economies

    Not only did Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour impact local economies across the nation, but she managed to reach new heights through music and performance. The Eras Tour kick-off in Glendale, Arizona on...
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    A Time To Be Thankful:  Some Relief Expected for Your Holiday Meal

    We are officially rolling into the holiday season. Grocery stores are stocking shelves and households are preparing for Thanksgiving. Despite an adequate supply of turkeys this year, we’re still...
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    Introducing Talent Watch: Real-Time Insights for Talent Acquisition Professionals

    We know how difficult it is to stay up to date with the quickly changing hiring landscape in your industry. That’s why Chmura created Talent Watch, a new tool within the JobsEQ platform. Talent Watch...
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    Tech Talent Hubs Show Mixed Hiring Picture in 2023 Job Ads

    Hiring patterns for tech workers[1] in some of the largest metro areas have followed consistent trajectories from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic through 2022, but the current slowdown in the tech...
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    How the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing Partners with Chmura Consulting to Solve Advanced Manufacturing and Workforce Challenges

    The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) is an applied research center where industry, academia, and government come together to solve advanced manufacturing challenges and prepare a...
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    How EMCID Partners with Chmura Consulting to Encourage Economic Growth in Montgomery County, TX

    East Montgomery County Improvement District (EMCID), a taxing authority located northeast of Houston, Texas, was created with the mission to encourage economic development and promote educational...
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    Incentives for Job Switching Return to Average Following Pandemic Highs

    The resilience of the labor market has reopened hope for a possible soft landing, as the Federal Reserve tries to reign in inflation without causing massive unemployment. Employment is continuing to...
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    ChatGDP? Using AI to Write for Economics

    The following blog is divided into two parts: Part I has been entirely generated by ChatGPT, Part II was written by Chmura economists and discusses the differences between ChatGPT’s economic writing...
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    Will Social Security Retire Before You?

    As the baby-boomer generation starts to retire and younger families are having fewer children, Social Security will face significant challenges in maintaining financial stability and providing...
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