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Southern California Improving as Housing Firms
The Southern California economy is showing signs of improving, as payroll jobs increase and housing markets heal. Job growth in the Southern California area is on par with the national average, but is lagging behind Northern California. The unemployment rates … Continue reading
Posted in Regional Updates, Southern California
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Northern California Leads State Growth, Another Oil Boom?
Job growth in the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas continues to outpace the national and state averages. Technology firms are still hiring aggressively, and property markets are heating up. On a year-to-year basis payroll employment in the San … Continue reading
Posted in Northern California, Regional Updates
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Lower Natural Gas Prices Temper San Antonio’s Outlook
Job growth in San Antonio slowed to an annualized rate of 1.3 percent in Q4, following a 5.1 percent spike in payrolls in the first quarter of the year. The San Antonio labor market’s second half performance brought the area’s … Continue reading
Posted in Regional Updates, San Antonio
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North Texas Economy Strong But Exposed to Fiscal Tightening
Job growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex through the 12 months ending in December was strong, up 2.5 percent compared with the U.S. average of 1.6 percent. As a result, the area’s unemployment rate is falling faster than the national … Continue reading
Posted in Dallas, Regional Updates
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Vibrant Silicon Hills Spurs the Austin Economy
The Austin labor market closed out 2012 with an impressive five percent annualized gain in Q4, driven by a robust local tech sector. Unemployment averaged 5.2 percent for the quarter, 2.6 percentage points below the national rate during the same … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Regional Updates
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