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2021 Archived articles from The Economics Daily (in chronological order)

December 2021

Job openings rate up in 16 states, down in 2 states in October 2021 (12/30/2021)
5 states set all-time low unemployment rates in November 2021 (12/29/2021)
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 49 states and D.C. for the year ended November 2021 (12/28/2021)
Compensation costs in private industry averaged $37.24 per hour worked in September 2021 (12/27/2021)
Export prices up 18.2 percent for year ended November 2021, largest increase on record (12/23/2021)
U.S. import prices of foods, feeds, and beverages up 13.2 percent for year ended November 2021 (12/22/2021)
Producer Price Index for final demand up 9.6 percent for year ended November 2021 (12/21/2021)
Number of fatal work injuries in 2020 the lowest since 2013 (12/20/2021)
15.7 percent of people who worked or looked for work experienced unemployment in 2020 (12/17/2021)
Real average hourly earnings down 1.9 percent from November 2020 to November 2021 (12/16/2021)
Consumer prices up 6.8 percent for year ended November 2021 (12/15/2021)
Job openings up to 11 million in October 2021 (12/14/2021)
Nonfarm business productivity down 5.2 percent, unit labor costs up 9.6 percent, third quarter 2021 (12/13/2021)
252 of 389 metropolitan areas had jobless rates below the U.S. rate of 4.3 percent in October 2021 (12/10/2021)
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 96 metropolitan areas in the year ended October 2021 (12/09/2021)
Unemployment rate 3.0 percent for men ages 45 to 54 in November 2021 (12/08/2021)
Payroll employment up 210,000 in November 2021 (12/07/2021)
Productivity in mining industries for National Miners Day (12/06/2021)
Unemployed people per job opening by state, January 2020 to September 2021 (12/03/2021)
Unemployment rate down 7.7 percentage points in Hawaii from October 2020 to October 2021 (12/02/2021)
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 48 states and DC for the year ended October 2021 (12/01/2021)

November 2021

Total factor productivity down in 16 of 21 industries in 2020 (11/30/2021)
Export prices up 18.0 percent from October 2020 to October 2021, largest advance on record (11/29/2021)
Flexibility to pause work with unscheduled breaks available to 55.6 percent of workers in 2021 (11/26/2021)
Import air passenger fares rose 9.3 percent for the year ended in October 2021 (11/24/2021)
Real average weekly earnings decreased 1.6 percent over the 12 months ending October 2021 (11/23/2021)
Quits rate 6.6 percent in accommodation and food services in September 2021 (11/22/2021)
Consumer prices increase 6.2 percent for the year ended October 2021 (11/19/2021)
Producer prices for final demand up 8.6 percent for the year ended October 2021 (11/18/2021)
Among large metro areas, Las Vegas had largest jobless rate decline for year ended September 2021 (11/17/2021)
Employment up 364,100 over the year in Los Angeles metro area (11/16/2021)
Nonfarm business sector labor productivity decreased 5.0 percent in the third quarter of 2021 (11/15/2021)
People not looking for work because of COVID-19 (11/12/2021)
Labor force participation rate for veterans was 46.8 percent in October 2021 (11/10/2021)
Payroll employment up 164,000, or 1.1 percent, in leisure and hospitality in October 2021 (11/09/2021)
Recognizing STEM occupations on STEM Day (11/08/2021)
Employer-reported respiratory illnesses increase nearly 4,000 percent in 2020 (11/05/2021)
Number of people 75 and older in the labor force is expected to grow 96.5 percent by 2030 (11/04/2021)
Employment in sports teams and clubs (11/03/2021)
Compensation costs in leisure and hospitality up 6.9 percent for year ended September 2021 (11/02/2021)
68 percent of private industry workers had access to retirement plans in 2021 (11/01/2021)

October 2021

Job gains and losses by state from March 2019 to March 2021 (10/29/2021)
Kentucky had highest quits rate in August 2021 (10/28/2021)
California and Nevada have highest unemployment rates in September 2021, at 7.5 percent (10/27/2021)
Employment up over the year in 47 states and District of Columbia, September 2021 (10/26/2021)
Median weekly earnings were $916 for women in third quarter 2021, 83.3 percent of men's earnings (10/25/2021)
U.S. import prices up 9.2 percent for the year ended in September 2021 (10/22/2021)
Final demand producer prices up 8.6 percent for the 12 months ended September 2021 (10/21/2021)
Real average hourly earnings increased 0.2 percent from August to September 2021 (10/20/2021)
Consumer prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs up 10.5 percent for year ended September 2021 (10/19/2021)
Quits rate of 2.9 percent in August 2021 an all-time high (10/18/2021)
Men accounted for about 75 percent of workers in protective service occupations in 2020 (10/15/2021)
Comparing labor force participation in the recovery from the 2020 recession with prior recessions (10/14/2021)
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 194,000 in September 2021 (10/13/2021)
Paid sick leave was available to 79 percent of civilian workers in March 2021 (10/12/2021)
Educational attainment, employment, and working from home, February–May 2021 (10/08/2021)
Trends in manufacturing productivity, 1990–2019 (10/07/2021)
Hispanics or Latinos made up over one-fourth of the labor force in six states in 2020 (10/06/2021)
Unemployment rate above 18 percent in El Centro, California, and Yuma, Arizona, in August 2021 (10/05/2021)
Employment increased in 104 out of 389 metropolitan areas for the year ended August 2021 (10/04/2021)
Time spent in leisure and sports activities increased by 32 minutes per day in 2020 (10/01/2021)

September 2021

Health care benefits take-up rate was 77 percent for private industry workers in March 2021 (09/30/2021)
Workplace suicides continued to rise in 2019 (09/29/2021)
Nebraska unemployment rate drops to 2.2 percent in August 2021, a new low (09/28/2021)
Employment up in 49 states over the year ended August 2021 (09/27/2021)
Compensation costs in private industry averaged $36.64 per hour worked in June 2021 (09/24/2021)
Employment to grow 7.7 percent from 2020 to 2030; 1.7 percent excluding COVID-19 recovery (09/23/2021)
Injuries, illnesses, and deaths in agriculture, 2015–19 (09/22/2021)
U.S. terms of trade with China up 8.0 percent over the year ended August 2021 (09/21/2021)
Real average hourly earnings down 0.9 percent from August 2020 to August 2021 (09/20/2021)
Consumer Price Index rose 5.3 percent over the year ending August 2021 (09/17/2021)
Final demand producer prices up 8.3 percent for the year ended August 2021 (09/16/2021)
Spending on 9 of the 14 major components of household spending decreased from 2019 to 2020 (09/15/2021)
Job openings reach high of 10.9 million in July 2021 (09/14/2021)
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina unemployment rate down 14.1 points over the year ended July 2021 (09/13/2021)
142 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in July 2021 (09/10/2021)
Unemployment rate drops to 5.2 percent in August 2021 (09/09/2021)
Payroll employment rose by 235,000 in August 2021 (09/08/2021)
Nonfarm business labor productivity up 2.1 percent in second quarter 2021 (09/07/2021)
Baby boomers born from 1957 to 1964 held an average of 12.4 jobs from ages 18 to 54 (09/03/2021)
Taking a look at one of the common Labor Day traditions (09/02/2021)
43 work-related deaths due to environmental heat exposure in 2019 (09/01/2021)

August 2021

Cost of college tuition has remained stable since September 2019 (08/31/2021)
Multifactor productivity fell in 61 of 86 manufacturing industries in 2019 (08/30/2021)
Time spent alone increased by an hour per day in 2020 (08/27/2021)
32 percent of nonfatal injuries resulting in days away from work treated in emergency room in 2019 (08/26/2021)
Unemployment rates were lower in 17 states and DC in July 2021 (08/25/2021)
Employment increases 10 percent in Hawaii from July 2020 to July 2021 (08/24/2021)
54.4 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds employed in July 2021, up from 46.7 percent in July 2020 (08/23/2021)
Employment down in 324 of 343 largest counties from March 2020 to March 2021 (08/20/2021)
Import prices up 10.2 percent, export prices up 17.2 percent for the year ended July 2021 (08/19/2021)
Producer prices for final demand up 7.8 percent for year ended July 2021 (08/18/2021)
Real hourly earnings down 1.2 percent for year ending July 2021 (08/17/2021)
Consumer prices up 5.4 percent in 12 months ended July 2021 (08/16/2021)
Nonfarm business productivity increased 1.9 percent from second quarter 2020 to second quarter 2021 (08/13/2021)
Job openings up to 10.1 million in June 2021 (08/12/2021)
Teenage unemployment rate under 10 percent for the third straight month in July 2021 (08/11/2021)
Payroll employment increased by 943,000 in July 2021 (08/10/2021)
Time spent reading for personal interest in 2020 (08/09/2021)
Homicides and other workplace assaults by gender in 2019 (08/06/2021)
Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.1 percent from June 2020 to June 2021 (08/05/2021)
Labor productivity up 7.7 percent in retail trade and 3.6 percent in wholesale trade in 2020 (08/04/2021)
Atlantic City area unemployment down 23.5 percentage points over the year ended June 2021 (08/03/2021)
164 metro areas had over-the-year employment increases in June 2021 (08/02/2021)

July 2021

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in all 13 major industries in the fourth quarter of 2020 (07/30/2021)
Deaths from unintentional overdoses in the workplace continued to rise in 2019 (07/29/2021)
Nearly half of employed women worked at home on days worked in 2020 (07/28/2021)
Use of personal protective equipment to mitigate noise exposure in 2020 (07/27/2021)
Median weekly earnings by age and sex, second quarter 2021 (07/26/2021)
Unemployment rates lower in 49 states and D.C. from June 2020 to June 2021 (07/23/2021)
Payroll employment up 25 states, down in 1 state, in June 2021 (07/22/2021)
BLS takes a turn for the wurst during the dog days of summer (07/21/2021)
U.S. nonfuel import prices up 6.5 percent for the year ended in June 2021 (07/20/2021)
Final demand producer prices up 7.3 percent for the year ended June 2021 (07/19/2021)
Real average hourly earnings down 1.7 percent over the 12 months ending June 2021 (07/16/2021)
Consumer prices up 4.7 percent since February 2020 (07/15/2021)
Nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses for flight attendants in 2019 (07/14/2021)
Casino hotels had largest employment loss per establishment in 2020 (07/13/2021)
Job openings steady at 9.2 million in May 2021 (07/12/2021)
Unemployment rates were lower in May 2021 than a year earlier in all 389 metropolitan areas (07/09/2021)
6.2 million unable to work because employer closed or lost business due to the pandemic, June 2021 (07/08/2021)
Payroll employment up by 850,000 in June; down 6.8 million since February 2020 (07/07/2021)
Las Vegas metro area employment up 21.4 percent over the year ended May 2021 (07/06/2021)
Fatal injuries at a 5-year high for driver/sales workers in 2019 (07/02/2021)
Median compensation costs in private industry were $26.88 per hour worked in March 2021 (07/01/2021)

June 2021

Private industry workers suffered 14,500 hearing loss cases in 2019 (06/30/2021)
Unemployment rates lower than national rate in 27 states, higher in 12 states and D.C., in May 2021 (06/29/2021)
California had largest employment gain from May 2020 to May 2021 (06/28/2021)
Civilian occupations required to spend the most time outdoors in 2020 (06/25/2021)
Louisiana feels the most impact on wages during hurricane season (06/24/2021)
U.S. import prices up 11.3 percent for the year ended in May 2021 (06/23/2021)
Final demand producer prices up 6.6 percent for the year ended May 2021 (06/22/2021)
Real average weekly earnings down 2.2 percent from May 2020 to May 2021 (06/17/2021)
Consumer prices increase 5.0 percent for the year ended May 2021 (06/16/2021)
Job separations increase by 324,000 to 5,760,000 in April 2021 (06/15/2021)
Labor productivity up 4.1 percent from first quarter 2020 to first quarter 2021 (06/14/2021)
Unemployment rates were lower in April 2021 than a year earlier in all metropolitan areas (06/11/2021)
335 metro areas had over-the-year employment increases in April 2021 (06/10/2021)
Number of unemployed decreased by 496,000 to 9.3 million in May 2021 (06/09/2021)
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 559,000 in May 2021 (06/08/2021)
17.0 percent of U.S. labor force in 2020 was foreign born, down from 17.4 percent in 2019 (06/07/2021)
Productivity up in 45 states and DC as decreases in output and hours were widespread in 2020 (06/04/2021)
Personal care and service workers most common in Nevada, Dakotas, Hawaii, and Colorado in May 2020 (06/03/2021)
Fatal work injuries among workers age 55 and older (06/02/2021)
Nursing assistants was the largest occupation in nursing care facilities in May 2020 (06/01/2021)

May 2021

Employment declined sharply during COVID-19 pandemic for self-employed Asians (05/28/2021)
Nevada unemployment rate drops 21.5 percentage points for year ended April 2021 (05/27/2021)
Employment up in all 50 states over the year ended April 2021 (05/26/2021)
Employment down in 352 of the 357 largest U.S. counties for year ended December 2020 (05/25/2021)
Import petroleum and coal prices up 61.3 percent for the year ended in April 2021 (05/24/2021)
Real average weekly earnings decreased 1.4 percent for year ended April 2021 (05/21/2021)
Producer prices for lumber up 89.7 percent for the year ended April 2021 (05/20/2021)
Consumer price index up 4.2 percent from April 2020 to April 2021 (05/19/2021)
72 industries in mining and manufacturing had declines in both output and hours worked in 2020 (05/18/2021)
Household spending for July 2019 through June 2020 down 1.1 percent, compared with prior 12 months (05/17/2021)
Job openings reach high of 8.1 million in March 2021 (05/14/2021)
Fatal work injuries to police officers fell 20 percent in 2019 (05/13/2021)
U-3 was 6.1 percent, U-6 was 10.4 percent, in April 2021 (05/12/2021)
Employment in leisure and hospitality up by 331,000 in April 2021 (05/11/2021)
Labor productivity up 4.1 percent from the first quarter of 2020 to the first quarter of 2021 (05/10/2021)
Compensation costs in financial activities industry up 5.3 percent from March 2020 to March 2021 (05/07/2021)
Fatal and nonfatal falls, slips, and trips in the construction industry (05/06/2021)
Job gains exceeded job losses in 49 states and D.C for the quarter ended in September 2020 (05/05/2021)
245 metro areas had unemployment rates below 6.2 percent U.S. rate in March 2021 (05/04/2021)
Employment down in 159 metropolitan areas, up in 3, from March 2020 to March 2021 (05/03/2021)

April 2021

62.7 percent of 2020 high school graduates enrolled in college, down from 66.2 percent in 2019 (04/30/2021)
U.S. terms of trade with Mexico rose from March 2020 to March 2021 (04/29/2021)
Reflecting on work injuries, illnesses, and fatalities for Workers' Memorial Day (04/28/2021)
Labor force participation declines for mothers and fathers in 2020 (04/27/2021)
High-deductible health plans for workers in private educational services in 2020 (04/26/2021)
Median weekly earnings were $900 for women, $1,089 for men, in first quarter 2021 (04/23/2021)
Unemployment rates up in 40 states and D.C. from March 2020 to March 2021 (04/22/2021)
Employment up 1.3 percent in New Mexico in March 2021 (04/21/2021)
Outpatient prescription drug benefits for workers in educational services in 2020 (04/20/2021)
Import prices up 6.9 percent, export prices up 9.1 percent for year ending March 2021 (04/19/2021)
Real weekly earnings up 3.9 percent for year ending March 2021 (04/16/2021)
Consumer prices increase 2.6 percent for the 12 months ending March 2021 (04/15/2021)
West Virginia had the highest job openings rate in December 2020 (04/14/2021)
Final demand producer prices up 4.2 percent over the year ended March 2021 (04/13/2021)
Unemployment rates higher in 383 metro areas over the year ended February 2021 (04/12/2021)
Employment down in 206 metro areas, up in 1, over the year ended February 2021 (04/09/2021)
Job openings increase by 268,000 to 7.4 million in February 2021 (04/08/2021)
Unemployment rate 3.7 percent for college grads, 6.7 percent for high school grads in March 2021 (04/07/2021)
Payroll employment increased by 916,000 in March 2021 (04/06/2021)
Counties with highest job concentrations in pet care services and pet supply stores (04/05/2021)
Healthcare support occupations had employment of 6.4 million in May 2020 (04/02/2021)
Higher paid workers more likely than lower paid workers to have paid leave benefits in 2020 (04/01/2021)

March 2021

All states had unemployment rates below 10.0 percent in February 2021 (03/31/2021)
Payroll employment up in 11 states, down in 3 states, in February 2021 (03/30/2021)
Multifactor productivity down 1.7 percent in 2020 (03/29/2021)
Veterans with a service-connected disability much more likely to work for the federal government (03/26/2021)
21 metropolitan areas had unemployment rates of at least 10.0 percent in January 2021 (03/25/2021)
Employment down over the year in most large metro areas (03/24/2021)
Compensation costs in private industry averaged $36.23 per hour worked in December 2020 (03/23/2021)
U.S. import prices up 3.0 percent over the year ended February 2021 (03/22/2021)
Unemployment rates lower in January 2021 in 33 states (03/19/2021)
Minnesota had the largest increase in employment from December 2020 to January 2021 (03/18/2021)
Producer prices for final demand up 2.8 percent for the year ended February 2021 (03/17/2021)
Job openings in January 2021 little different from one year earlier (03/16/2021)
Real average hourly earnings up 3.4 percent over the 12 months ending February 2021 (03/15/2021)
Consumer prices for services less energy up 1.3 percent over the year ended February 2021 (03/12/2021)
Workers ages 25 to 54 more likely to telework due to COVID–19 in February 2021 (03/11/2021)
Number of involuntary part-time workers in February 2021 down from record highs (03/10/2021)
Payroll employment up by 379,000 in February; down 9.5 million in the last 12 months (03/09/2021)
Nonfarm productivity down 4.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 (03/08/2021)
Employment–population ratios decreased in all 50 states and the District in 2020 (03/05/2021)
8 major work stoppages began during 2020 (03/04/2021)
Comparing the experiences of essential and nonessential businesses during COVID-19 (03/03/2021)
17.9 percent of people with a disability employed in 2020 (03/02/2021)
67 percent of private industry workers had access to retirement plans in 2020 (03/01/2021)

February 2021

Employment decreased in 355 of the 357 largest U.S. counties for year ended September 2020 (02/26/2021)
A look at union membership rates across industries in 2020 (02/25/2021)
Import prices up 0.9 percent, export prices up 2.3 percent over the year ended January 2021 (02/24/2021)
Producer prices for final demand up 1.3 percent in January 2021 (02/23/2021)
107.5 million private sector workers in pandemic-essential industries in 2019 (02/22/2021)
Four states and D.C. had labor force that was more than 30 percent African American in 2020 (02/19/2021)
Real average hourly earnings increased 4.0 percent from January 2020 to January 2021 (02/18/2021)
Gasoline prices decrease 8.6 percent for the year ended January 2021 (02/17/2021)
Job openings in professional and business services up by 166,000 since February 2020 (02/16/2021)
El Centro, California, had the highest unemployment rate in December 2020 (02/12/2021)
Metropolitan area employment down in 232 areas over the year ending December 2020 (02/11/2021)
Temporary layoffs remain high following unprecedented surge in early 2020 (02/10/2021)
Employment in professional and business services up by 97,000 in January 2021 (02/09/2021)
Productivity up 2.5 percent as output declined, 4th quarter 2019 to 4th quarter 2020 (02/08/2021)
Union membership rates highest in Hawaii, lowest in South Carolina, in 2020 (02/05/2021)
Counties with highest concentrations of jobs in poultry and animal slaughtering, June 2020 (02/04/2021)
Import air passenger fares down 16.4 percent for the year ended in December (02/03/2021)
Wages and salaries increased for retail trade workers for the year ending in December 2020 (02/02/2021)
14.6 million private sector jobs lost during second quarter 2020 (02/01/2021)

January 2021

South Dakota only state with lower unemployment rate for year ending December 2020 (01/29/2021)
New Hampshire state government jobs decreased 26.1 percent for year ended December 2020 (01/28/2021)
Union employment down 2.2 percent in 2020; total wage and salary employment down 6.7 percent (01/27/2021)
Median earnings for women in the fourth quarter of 2020 were 83.4 percent of the median for men (01/26/2021)
Wages for financial specialists (01/25/2021)
Producer prices for final demand up 0.8 percent for year ended December 2020 (01/22/2021)
U.S. export prices up 0.2 percent in 2020 (01/21/2021)
Real weekly earnings up 3.7 percent for year ended December 2020 (01/19/2021)
Consumer Price Index: 2020 in review (01/15/2021)
Hires up in professional and business services over the year, November 2020 (01/14/2021)
28.4 percent of unemployed were on temporary layoff in December 2020 (01/13/2021)
Payroll employment down 140,000 in December 2020 (01/12/2021)
12 metro areas had unemployment rates of 10 percent or higher in November 2020 (01/11/2021)
Half of businesses that told employees not to work continued paying them during COVID–19 (01/08/2021)
242 out of 389 metropolitan areas had decreases in employment for the year ended November 2020 (01/07/2021)
Retail salespersons numbered 4.3 million, earned $29,360 on average in 2019 (01/06/2021)
Taking a look at New Year's resolutions (01/05/2021)
Civilian workers spent an average of 57.3 percent of the workday standing in 2020 (01/04/2021)