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Entries by Justin Katz
Rhode Island NAEP in Context: Improvement Hit Ceiling in 2011
January 27, 2016 /0 Comments/in Blog, Education, Recent Posts, Studies and Reports, Youth Issues /by Justin KatzRhode Island Employment Snapshot, November 2015: Expected Down Note as Last Report of the Year
December 21, 2015 /0 Comments/in Blog, Jobs, Recent Posts /by Justin Katz[Click here for the printable one-page PDF of this post.] The trend that has come to define Rhode Island’s employment picture in 2015 (indeed, since the end of the recession) continued for the final Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report for the year. In November, Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.2%, from 5.3% in […]
Rhode Island Employment Snapshot, October 2015: Two Losses Don’t Make a Gain
November 24, 2015 /0 Comments/in Blog, Jobs, Recent Posts /by Justin Katz[Click here for the printable one-page PDF of this post.] For yet another month, Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped, from 5.4% in September, to 5.3% in September, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). And for yet another month, that positive outcome resulted from two negative results. Employment actually dropped by […]
Rhode Island Employment Snapshot, September 2015: Growth Stops in Employment and Jobs
October 20, 2015 /0 Comments/in Blog, Jobs, Recent Posts /by Justin Katz[Click here for the printable one-page PDF of this post.] Once again, Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped, from 5.7% in August, to 5.4% in September, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That was, however, a silver lining built on an entirely dark cloud. Employment actually dropped by 521 people, […]
Rhode Island Employment Snapshot, July 2015: RI the Gem of the Southern New England Economy
August 26, 2015 /0 Comments/in Blog, Jobs, Recent Posts /by Justin Katz[Click here for the printable one-page PDF of this post.] With another drop in unemployment, to 5.8%, July was another banner month for the Rhode Island economy, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That showing was on the strength of a 1,299 gain in the workforce from revised numbers […]
Rhode Island Employment Snapshot, June 2015: RI Bucks Southern New England Trend?
July 21, 2015 /0 Comments/in Blog, Jobs, Recent Posts /by Justin Katz[Click here for the printable one-page PDF of this post.] The June employment data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provides a good lesson in a number of the ways in which the data can be misleading. For one thing, looking at the unemployment rate, one could say that Rhode Island dipped below […]
Making RhodeWorks Work for Rhode Islanders
July 13, 2015 /0 Comments/in Infrastructure, Recent Posts /by Justin Katz[button url=”http://rifreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/ricfp-makingrhodeworkswork-071315.pdf” target=”http://rifreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/ricfp-makingrhodeworkswork-071315.pdf” size=”medium” style=”royalblue” ]Click for full “Making RhodeWorks Work” report[/button] As an alternative option to fund repairs of the Ocean State’s crumbling bridge and road infrastructure, a “pay as you go” approach that prioritizes current general revenue in the budget would provide budget certainty and save over half a billion dollars in wasteful, […]
Rhode Island Employment Snapshot, May 2015: Hockey Sticks and Cliff Jumping
June 24, 2015 /0 Comments/in Jobs, Recent Posts /by Justin Katz[Click here for the printable one-page PDF of this post.] The headline news is that Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dipped below 6% in May for the first time since November 2007, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). For some perspective, a fifth grader grinding out the space between Thanksgiving and Christmas when […]
Rhode Island Employment Snapshot, April 2015: The Annual Wait for Realistic Numbers
June 1, 2015 /0 Comments/in Blog, Jobs, Recent Posts /by Justin Katz[Click here for the printable one-page PDF of this post.] In a news report that drifted into this author’s awareness, recently, an analyst explained Rhode Island’s employment boost in terms of seasonal changes. To the contrary, the numbers are supposed to be seasonally adjusted (to bring out underlying trends), and the pattern of this year […]