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2023 Archived articles from The Economics Daily (in chronological order)

December 2023

Fatal work injuries up in 2022 (12/29/2023)
Unemployment rates lower in 20 states over year ended November 2023 (12/28/2023)
Montana had the highest hires rate in October 2023 (12/27/2023)
Import prices down 1.4 percent, export prices down 5.2 percent, over the year ended November 2023 (12/26/2023)
Producer prices for final demand increased 0.9 percent over the year ended November 2023 (12/22/2023)
Real average weekly earnings up 0.5 percent from November 2022 to November 2023 (12/21/2023)
Consumer prices up 3.1 percent from November 2022 to November 2023 (12/20/2023)
About 1 in 3 workers in management, professional, and related occupations teleworked, November 2023 (12/19/2023)
Nonfarm employment up 199,000 in November 2023 (12/18/2023)
Kings County, NY, has the highest density of gas stations in second quarter of 2023 (12/15/2023)
2.8 million workplace injuries and illnesses in private industry in 2022, up 7.5 percent from 2021 (12/14/2023)
Job openings rate at 5.3 percent in October 2023 (12/13/2023)
Total factor productivity up in 9 out of 21 major industries in 2022 (12/12/2023)
Employment and average wages increased in all of the 10 largest counties from June 2022 to June 2023 (12/11/2023)
Employment in Charleston metro area up 6.1 percent for year ended in October 2023 (12/08/2023)
Unemployment rates higher in 223 metro areas in year ended October 2023 (12/07/2023)
December 6 is National Miners Day (12/06/2023)
10 major occupational groups with higher-than-average wages projected to grow faster than average (12/05/2023)
36 states had quits rates equal to or higher than the national rate of 2.3 percent (12/04/2023)
Three cheers for bartenders on Bartender Appreciation Day (12/01/2023)

November 2023

Real average hourly earnings up 0.8 percent for year ending October 2023 (11/30/2023)
Employment up in 34 states over the year ending October 2023 (11/29/2023)
21 percent of eldercare providers were parents of children under age 18 in 2021–22 (11/28/2023)
Private industry nonprofit workers had the highest levels of formal education in 2022 (11/27/2023)
Producer prices up 1.3 percent from October 2022 to October 2023 (11/24/2023)
Consumer prices for turkeys and other Thanksgiving favorites (11/22/2023)
Inflation-adjusted compensation costs in private industry up 0.6 percent over the year (11/21/2023)
Nonfarm business labor productivity up 4.7 percent in third quarter 2023 (11/20/2023)
Median weekly earnings $721 for workers without high school diploma, $1,864 for advanced degree (11/17/2023)
37.9 percent of advanced degree holders teleworked in October 2023 (11/16/2023)
Nonfarm payroll employment up 150,000 in October 2023 (11/15/2023)
A look at nurse practitioners for National Nurse Practitioner Week (11/14/2023)
The average job required 1,021 days of prior work experience in 2022 (11/13/2023)
8.6 million veterans were employed in 2022 (11/09/2023)
Hires rate remained 3.7 percent in September 2023 (11/08/2023)
Job gains 8.0 million, job losses 7.1 million, during first quarter 2023 (11/07/2023)
Unemployment rates higher in 231 metro areas in year ended September 2023 (11/06/2023)
Compensation costs for union workers averaged $55.57 in June 2023 (11/03/2023)
Nonfarm payroll employment up in 36 states from September 2022 to September 2023 (11/02/2023)
Job openings rates were above 7.0 percent in 4 states in August 2023 (11/01/2023)

October 2023

Candy and chewing gum prices up 7.5 percent from September 2022 to September 2023 (10/31/2023)
Unemployment rates higher in 16 states over year ended August 2023 (10/30/2023)
Recognizing first responders on National First Responders Day (10/27/2023)
5.0 percent of all workers had access to student loan repayment benefits in March 2023 (10/26/2023)
Export air passenger fares declined 7.2 percent over the year ended September 2023 (10/25/2023)
Nearly half of workers in financial activities teleworked in September 2023 (10/24/2023)
Real average weekly earnings down 0.1 percent from September 2022 to September 2023 (10/23/2023)
Mining fatalities rose 21.8 percent from 2020 to 2021 (10/20/2023)
Consumer prices up 3.7 percent from September 2022 to September 2023 (10/19/2023)
8 health care industry work stoppages began in 2022 and 6 began in January–September 2023 (10/18/2023)
Average hourly wages for experienced food preparation workers were $16.61 in 2022 (10/17/2023)
Producer prices up 2.2 percent from September 2022 to September 2023 (10/16/2023)
Payroll employment up by 336,000 in September 2023 (10/13/2023)
Employment–population ratio at 60.4 percent in September 2023 (10/12/2023)
The number of unemployed people per job opening was unchanged at 0.7 in August 2023 (10/11/2023)
Work-related fatal injuries among foreign-born Hispanic or Latino workers rose to 727 in 2021 (10/10/2023)
A look at manufacturing jobs on National Manufacturing Day (10/06/2023)
Unemployment rates higher in 189 metro areas in year ended August 2023 (10/05/2023)
Consumer spending increased 9.0 percent in 2022 (10/04/2023)
Employment up in 66 metro areas over the year ended August 2023 (10/03/2023)
37.1 million people provided unpaid eldercare in 2021–2022 (10/02/2023)

September 2023

73 percent of civilian workers had access to retirement benefits in 2023 (09/29/2023)
One out of five workers teleworked in August 2023 (09/28/2023)
Unemployment rates increased in 10 states in August 2023 (09/27/2023)
0.3 unemployed person per job opening in Maryland, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Vermont in July (09/26/2023)
U.S. export prices fell 5.5 percent from August 2022 to August 2023 (09/25/2023)
U.S. import prices fell 3.0 percent from August 2022 to August 2023 (09/22/2023)
A look at consumer prices in back-to-school season (09/21/2023)
Real average hourly earnings increased 0.5 percent from August 2022 to August 2023 (09/20/2023)
Final demand producer prices up 1.6 percent over the year ended August 2023 (09/19/2023)
Total factor productivity rose in 78 of the 86 manufacturing industries in 2021 (09/18/2023)
Hourly employer costs for legally required benefits in private industry averaged $3.08 in June 2023 (09/15/2023)
Slower growth is expected in the population, labor force, and Gross Domestic Product through 2032 (09/14/2023)
Work-related suicides down from 2019 high; half were the result of shootings (09/13/2023)
New monthly and quarterly labor force data for detailed Asian groups (09/12/2023)
Payroll employment up by 187,000 in August 2023 (09/11/2023)
Employment up at least 5.0 percent in three metro areas from July 2022 to July 2023 (09/08/2023)
Employment ebbed in the Lower Mississippi Delta from 2002 to 2022 (09/07/2023)
A look at publishing data for National Read a Book Day (09/06/2023)
Job openings at 8.8 million in July 2023 (09/05/2023)
Recognizing hotel employees on National Hotel Employee Day (09/01/2023)

August 2023

Learning about employment and wages of elementary and secondary school employees (08/31/2023)
Labor force participation increased by education level for baby boomers born from 1957 to 1964 (08/30/2023)
60.2 percent of youth participated in the labor force in July 2023 (08/29/2023)
Fatal injuries to agricultural workers in 2021 were the second lowest in a decade (08/28/2023)
16 states were at all-time low unemployment rates in July 2023 (08/25/2023)
Employment up more than 3.0 percent in Nevada, Texas, and Florida, July 2022–July 2023 (08/24/2023)
A look at jobs related to air transportation for National Aviation Week (08/23/2023)
Quits rates down in 16 states, up in 1 state in June 2023 (08/22/2023)
U.S. export prices decreased 7.9 percent over the year ended July 2023 (08/21/2023)
U.S. import prices down 4.4 percent from July 2022 to July 2023 (08/18/2023)
Producer prices for final demand increased 0.8 percent over the year ended July 2023 (08/17/2023)
Consumer prices up 3.2 percent from July 2022 to July 2023 (08/16/2023)
Real weekly earnings up 0.2 percent for year ending July 2023 (08/15/2023)
Unintentional overdoses rose for the ninth consecutive year in 2021 (08/14/2023)
11.4 percent of unemployed in July 2023 were on temporary layoff (08/11/2023)
Leisure and hospitality employment down 2.1 percent from February 2020 level (08/10/2023)
Unemployment rates lower in 222 metro areas over the year ended June 2023 (08/09/2023)
Nonfarm business labor productivity up 3.7 percent, second quarter 2023 (08/08/2023)
Employment increased in 105 metropolitan areas from June 2022 to June 2023 (08/07/2023)
More than half of establishments with job vacancies in 2021–22 had fewer than 10 employees (08/04/2023)
Job openings, hires and total separations down in most industries over the year ending June 2023 (08/03/2023)
Median weekly earnings increased 5.7 percent over the year ending in the second quarter of 2023 (08/02/2023)
Compensation costs up 4.5 percent from June 2022 to June 2023 (08/01/2023)

July 2023

Delaware had the highest total job separations rate in May 2023 (07/31/2023)
Employment differences of men and women narrow with educational attainment (07/28/2023)
9 states had record low unemployment rates in June 2023 (07/27/2023)
Employment up 4.0 percent in Nevada and Texas over the year ended June 2023 (07/26/2023)
High concentrations of carpenters in South Dakota, Idaho, and Montana in 2022 (07/25/2023)
U.S. export prices to Mexico decreased 16.7 percent from June 2022 to June 2023 (07/21/2023)
Import air passenger fares rose 6.2 percent for the year ended in June 2023 (07/20/2023)
Producer prices for services rose 2.3 percent for the year ended June 2023 (07/19/2023)
Real average hourly earnings up 1.2 percent from June 2022 to June 2023 (07/18/2023)
Consumer prices up 3.0 percent over the year ended June 2023 (07/17/2023)
32.9 percent of employees had regular outdoor exposure in 2022 (07/14/2023)
Quits rate increased to 2.6 percent in May 2023 (07/13/2023)
Unemployment rate 3.6 percent in June 2023, little changed since May (07/12/2023)
Payroll employment up by 209,000 in June 2023 (07/11/2023)
Unemployment rate 1.3 percent in Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont, in May 2023 (07/10/2023)
Time spent in leisure and sports activities, 2022 (07/07/2023)
Employment increased in 84 of 389 metropolitan areas from May 2022 to May 2023 (07/06/2023)
Massachusetts jobless rate down 0.9 percentage point over the year ended May 2023 (07/05/2023)
Texas had largest percentage increase in employment from May 2022 to May 2023 (07/03/2023)

June 2023

Maryland’s job openings rate increased 1.4 percentage points in April 2023 (06/30/2023)
Education and training requirements for psychiatric technicians and aides (06/29/2023)
Louisiana has highest percent of employment at risk because of hurricane flooding (06/28/2023)
Private industry compensation costs were $15.91 at the 10th percentile in March 2023 (06/27/2023)
U.S. export prices down 10.1 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 (06/26/2023)
Import coffee prices declined 2.6 percent for year ended May 2023, following large increases (06/23/2023)
Producer prices up 1.1 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 (06/22/2023)
Real average hourly earnings up 0.2 percent for year ending May 2023 (06/21/2023)
Consumer prices up 4.0 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 (06/20/2023)
Foreign-born workers were a record high 18.1 percent of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2022 (06/16/2023)
Unemployment rates lower in 252 metro areas over the year ended April 2023 (06/15/2023)
Employment increased in 34 large metro areas from April 2022 to April 2023 (06/14/2023)
Labor productivity down 1.2 percent in wholesale trade and 0.4 percent in retail trade in 2022 (06/13/2023)
Labor productivity down in 37 states and the District of Columbia in 2022 (06/12/2023)
Characteristics of defined benefit retirement plans in 2022 (06/09/2023)
Labor productivity down in 69 manufacturing and mining industries in 2022 (06/08/2023)
Labor force participation rate for people ages 25 to 54 in May 2023 highest since January 2007 (06/07/2023)
Nonfarm employment up 339,000 in May 2023 (06/06/2023)
36 work-related deaths due to environmental heat exposure in 2021 (06/05/2023)
Job openings rate at 6.1 percent in April 2023 (06/02/2023)
Unemployment rates were lower in April 2023 than a year earlier in 16 states (06/01/2023)

May 2023

Nonfarm payroll employment up in 40 states from April 2022 to April 2023 (05/31/2023)
Job openings rates 7.7 percent in Alaska and Virginia in March 2023 (05/30/2023)
U.S. export prices down 5.9 percent from April 2022 to April 2023 (05/26/2023)
U.S. import prices down 4.8 percent over year ended April 2023 (05/25/2023)
Labor force participation rates of college students differ by enrollment status and type of college (05/24/2023)
Producer prices for final demand rose 2.3 percent over the year ended April 2023 (05/23/2023)
Unemployment in families lower in 2022 than before COVID-19 pandemic (05/22/2023)
Unemployment rate at 1.6 percent in three metro areas in March 2023 (05/19/2023)
Austin-Round Rock metro area employment up 49.9 percent over past 10 years (05/18/2023)
Labor productivity rose at 1.1-percent annual rate from fourth quarter 2019 to first quarter 2023 (05/17/2023)
Real weekly earnings down 1.1 percent for year ending April 2023 (05/16/2023)
Consumer prices up 4.9 percent from April 2022 to April 2023 (05/15/2023)
Asians and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders in the labor force (05/12/2023)
Payroll employment up 253,000 in April 2023 (05/11/2023)
Unemployment rate 3.4 percent in April 2023 (05/10/2023)
A look at work injuries and illnesses in elementary and secondary schools (05/09/2023)
Job openings down to 9.6 million in March 2023 (05/08/2023)
Consumer expenditures rise 8.6 percent in April–June 2022 quarter compared with year earlier (05/05/2023)
Compensation costs for private industry workers up 4.8 percent from March 2022 to March 2023 (05/04/2023)
Unemployment rates were lower in 18 states in March 2023 (05/03/2023)
Employment up in 42 states from March 2022 to March 2023 (05/02/2023)
Construction deaths due to falls, slips, and trips increased 5.9 percent in 2021 (05/01/2023)

April 2023

A look at workplace deaths and nonfatal injuries and illnesses for Workers’ Memorial Day (04/28/2023)
Software developers was the largest computer and mathematical occupation in May 2022 (04/27/2023)
0.3 unemployed per job opening in the Dakotas, 1.0 in New York and Washington, in February 2023 (04/26/2023)
Median weekly earnings were $996 for women, $1,186 for men, in first quarter 2023 (04/25/2023)
U.S. export prices down 4.8 percent from March 2022 to March 2023 (04/24/2023)
U.S. import prices in March 2023 had largest over-the-year drop since May 2020 (04/21/2023)
Final demand goods producer prices up 2.0 percent over the year ended March 2023 (04/20/2023)
Employees teleworked at least some of the time at 27.5 percent of private establishments in 2022 (04/19/2023)
Real weekly earnings down 1.6 percent for year ending March 2023 (04/18/2023)
Energy prices down 6.4 percent from March 2022 to March 2023 (04/17/2023)
Most unemployed people in 2022 did not apply for unemployment insurance benefits (04/14/2023)
Unemployment rates lower in 228 metro areas over the year ended February 2023 (04/13/2023)
38.9 percent of unemployed in March 2023 had been searching for work for fewer than 5 weeks (04/12/2023)
Payroll employment up 236,000 in March 2023 (04/11/2023)
Employment up at least 6.0 percent over the year in 4 metro areas in February 2023 (04/10/2023)
Hires rate at 4.0 percent in February 2023, little different from the previous month (04/07/2023)
Nonfarm business total factor productivity down 1.2 percent in 2022 (04/06/2023)
Nevada had the highest unemployment rate in February 2023 (04/05/2023)
Nevada, Florida, and Texas lead nation in job percent gains for year ending February 2023 (04/04/2023)
New York had the lowest job openings rate in January 2023 (04/03/2023)

March 2023

Workers suffered 18,510 eye-related injuries and illnesses in 2020 (03/31/2023)
Unemployment rates down from pre-pandemic levels for Gulf War-era II veterans in 2022 (03/30/2023)
Atlantic City-Hammonton had the largest jobless rate decrease over the year ended January 2023 (03/29/2023)
Employment in Midland, Texas, up 11.4 percent from January 2022 to January 2023 (03/28/2023)
Compensation costs for civilian workers averaged $42.48 per hour worked in December 2022 (03/27/2023)
U.S. export prices decreased 0.8 percent from February 2022 to February 2023 (03/24/2023)
Import prices from Canada down 10.3 percent over year ended February 2023 (03/23/2023)
Eggflation rate lower, milk prices decrease, in February 2023 (03/22/2023)
Real average hourly earnings down 1.3 percent from February 2022 to February 2023 (03/21/2023)
Consumer Price Index up 0.4 percent over the month, 6.0 percent over the year, in February 2023 (03/20/2023)
North Dakota and South Dakota had the lowest jobless rates in January 2023 (03/17/2023)
Nevada’s employment increased 6.0 percent over the year ended January 2023 (03/16/2023)
Employment–population ratio at 60.2 percent in February 2023 (03/15/2023)
Payroll employment up by 311,000 in February 2023 (03/14/2023)
Respiratory illnesses up 96 percent in retail trade in 2021 (03/13/2023)
More job openings than unemployed people since May 2021 (03/10/2023)
Coverage in employer medical care plans among workers in different wage groups in 2022 (03/09/2023)
College tuition and fees up 4.7 percent since February 2020 (03/08/2023)
Labor force participation rate for women highest in the District of Columbia in 2022 (03/07/2023)
Nonfarm business labor productivity up 1.7 percent in 4th quarter 2022 (03/06/2023)
Nebraska had the highest proportion of employed people in 2022 (03/03/2023)
Consumer spending on public and other transportation in metro areas before and during COVID-19 (03/02/2023)
23 major work stoppages in 2022 (03/01/2023)

February 2023

Employment–population ratio for people with a disability increases to 21.3 percent in 2022 (02/28/2023)
All of the 10 largest U.S. counties had employment increases in September 2022 (02/27/2023)
U.S. export prices up 2.3 percent from January 2022 to January 2023 (02/24/2023)
U.S. import prices fell 0.2 percent in January 2023 (02/23/2023)
Producer prices up 6.0 percent from January 2022 to January 2023 (02/22/2023)
Job openings rate 9.1 percent in West Virginia in December 2022 (02/21/2023)
Real average weekly earnings down 1.5 percent from January 2022 to January 2023 (02/17/2023)
Consumer prices for shelter up 7.9 percent from January 2022 to January 2023 (02/16/2023)
Higher paid workers more likely than lower paid workers to have paid leave benefits in 2022 (02/15/2023)
Half of civilian workers required over 1 year of preparation time to perform their jobs in 2022 (02/14/2023)
Hawaii had the highest rate of union membership in 2022 (02/13/2023)
Madison, Wisconsin, had the lowest unemployment rate in December 2022 (02/10/2023)
Employment up 5.9 percent in Charleston and Dallas metro areas, December 2021 to December 2022 (02/09/2023)
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 517,000 in January 2023 (02/08/2023)
Number of unemployed at 5.7 million in January 2023 (02/07/2023)
Nonfarm business productivity down 1.5 percent from fourth quarter 2021 to fourth quarter 2022 (02/06/2023)
Job openings increased to 11.0 million in December 2022 (02/03/2023)
Compensation costs up 5.1 percent from December 2021 to December 2022 (02/02/2023)
Retirement plans for workers in private industry and state and local government in 2022 (02/01/2023)

January 2023

Job gains 8.3 million, job losses 8.5 million, during second quarter 2022 (01/31/2023)
Alaska and Pennsylvania set record unemployment rate lows in December 2022 (01/30/2023)
Employment up in 42 states over the year ending December 2022 (01/27/2023)
Louisiana had the highest job openings rate in November 2022 (01/26/2023)
Median earnings for women in 2022 were 83.0 percent of the median for men (01/25/2023)
Union membership rate fell by 0.2 percentage point to 10.1 percent in 2022 (01/24/2023)
Producer prices for final demand increased 6.2 percent from December 2021 to December 2022 (01/23/2023)
U.S. export prices up 5.0 percent over the year ended December 2022 (01/20/2023)
Import fuel prices up 19.4 percent from December 2021 to December 2022 (01/19/2023)
Real average hourly earnings down 1.7 percent from December 2021 to December 2022 (01/18/2023)
Consumer Price Index: 2022 in review (01/17/2023)
Consumer expenditures for athletic gear, game tables, and exercise equipment doubled in 2021 (01/13/2023)
Counties with highest concentration of jobs in fitness and recreational sports centers, June 2022 (01/12/2023)
Number of involuntary part-time workers in December 2022 below pre-pandemic levels (01/11/2023)
Leisure and hospitality added an average of 79,000 jobs per month in 2022 (01/10/2023)
Women accounted for 70.8 percent of workplace illnesses caused by viruses in 2020 (01/09/2023)
Job openings rate 0.9 percentage point lower in November 2022 than at peak in March (01/06/2023)
Nearly one-quarter of eldercare providers provided daily care from May 2020 to May 2021 (01/05/2023)
38 large metro areas had over-the-year decreases in unemployment rates in November 2022 (01/04/2023)
95 metro areas had increases in nonfarm employment from November 2021 to November 2022 (01/03/2023)