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2013 Archived articles from The Economics Daily (in chronological order)

December 2013

Forty-nine percent of employed Asians in management, professional, and related occupations, 2012 (12/31/2013)
Older workers less likely to have severe work injuries, but they miss more work days to recover (12/30/2013)
Nevada and Rhode Island have highest unemployment rate, North Dakota lowest, in November 2013 (12/27/2013)
State employment shows over-the-year increases, November 2013 (12/26/2013)
Employment increases in 288 of 334 largest U.S. counties, June 2013 (12/24/2013)
Employment and unemployment experience of the U.S. population in 2012 (12/23/2013)
Benefits account for 30.9 percent of employee compensation, September 2013 (12/20/2013)
Real average hourly earnings up 0.9 percent for the year ended November 2013 (12/19/2013)
Consumer Price Index, November 2012 to November 2013 (12/18/2013)
Producer prices for finished goods up 0.7 percent for year ended November 2013 (12/17/2013)
U.S. import prices decline for second consecutive month, November 2013 (12/16/2013)
Job openings in October 2013 (12/13/2013)
Metropolitan area unemployment rates in October 2013 (12/12/2013)
U.S. unemployment rate drops to 5-year low (12/11/2013)
Employment of women surpasses March 2008 peak (12/09/2013)
Metropolitan area employment, October 2013 (12/06/2013)
Gasoline prices now 5 times higher than in 1978 (12/05/2013)
Fatal occupational injuries at road construction sites, 2003–2010 (12/04/2013)
Median weekly earnings by sex, marital status, and presence and age of own children under 18 in 2012 (12/03/2013)
Rate of severe occupational injuries and illnesses declines in 2012 (12/02/2013)

November 2013

Job openings number 3.9 million in September (11/29/2013)
Florida has largest decrease in unemployment rate from October 2012 to October 2013 (11/27/2013)
North Dakota has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among states, October 2013 (11/26/2013)
Producer Price Index down 0.2 percent in October 2013 (11/25/2013)
Real earnings rise 0.2 percent in October (11/22/2013)
Consumer prices up 1.0 percent over the year ended October 2013 (11/21/2013)
Compensation costs, third quarter 2013 (11/20/2013)
Racial and ethnic characteristics of the U.S. labor force in 2012 (11/19/2013)
U.S. import price index decreases 2.0 percent over the year (11/18/2013)
Productivity, output, and hours worked, third quarter 2013 (11/15/2013)
Workplace injuries trend downward over last decade (11/14/2013)
Unemployment by age, sex, and education, October 2013 (11/13/2013)
Payroll employment up 204,000 in October 2013 (11/12/2013)
Marriage and divorce rates among baby boomers vary by educational attainment (11/08/2013)
Leave benefits, March 2013 (11/07/2013)
Surf and turf: consumer prices for meat, poultry, and fish and seafood, January 2003-September 2013 (11/06/2013)
Median weekly earnings at $771, third quarter 2013 (11/05/2013)
Women's earnings, 1979–2012 (11/04/2013)
Real earnings unchanged in September 2013 (11/01/2013)

October 2013

Consumer prices up 1.2 percent over the year ended September 2013 (10/31/2013)
Producer price indexes by stage of processing, September 2013 (10/30/2013)
Job openings in August 2013 (10/29/2013)
U.S. import and export prices, September 2013 (10/28/2013)
Unemployment rates in August were lower than a year earlier in 311 of 372 metropolitan areas (10/25/2013)
Unemployment rate little changed at 7.2 percent in September 2013 (10/24/2013)
Payroll employment up 148,000 in September 2013 (10/23/2013)
288 metro areas had over-the-year employment increases in August (10/22/2013)
Frequency and duration of eldercare, 2011–2012 (10/21/2013)
Employee benefits for domestic partners in March 2013 (10/18/2013)
Employer premiums and employee contributions for family medical care benefits, March 2013 (10/17/2013)

September 2013

Multifactor productivity for manufacturing industries, 2011 (09/30/2013)
Employment increased in 282 of the 334 largest U.S. counties, March 2012 to March 2013 (09/27/2013)
Coffee prices trend downward since early 2012, following sharp increase in prior year (09/26/2013)
Measures of gasoline price change (09/25/2013)
Florida has largest over-the-year decrease in unemployment rate, August 2013 (09/24/2013)
Employment up 274,700 in Texas, up 3.0 percent in North Dakota, August 2012 to August 2013 (09/23/2013)
Eldercare in 2011 and 2012 (09/20/2013)
Real earnings up 0.1 percent in August (09/19/2013)
Food indexes rise in August 2013 (09/18/2013)
Compensation costs in private industry and private industry health care (09/17/2013)
Producer prices for finished goods rise 0.3 percent in August 2013 (09/16/2013)
Import and export prices in August 2013 (09/13/2013)
Household spending increases to $51,442 in 2012, surpassing prerecession levels (09/12/2013)
Job openings level at 3.7 million in July 2013 (09/11/2013)
Unemployment rate little changed at 7.3 percent in August 2013 (09/10/2013)
Payroll employment up 169,000 in August 2013 (09/09/2013)
Men's wages before and after long-term unemployment spells (09/06/2013)
In Northeast, 43.5 percent of unemployed were jobless for 27+ weeks in 2012 (09/05/2013)
Northeast has highest percentage of workers employed in professional and related occupations, 2012 (09/04/2013)
Productivity decreases in food services, but increases in wholesale and retail trade in 2012 (09/03/2013)

August 2013

Unemployment rate lower than U.S. rate in 214 metropolitan areas in July 2013 (08/30/2013)
Employment by state and metropolitan area, July 2013 (08/29/2013)
Fatal work injuries by event or exposure in 2012 (08/28/2013)
Workplace fatalities in construction increase for the first time since 2006 (08/27/2013)
Petroleum import prices rise during 2009-2012, despite higher U.S. production and lower consumption (08/26/2013)
Youth labor force participation rate in July 2013 same as a year earlier (08/23/2013)
Nevada has highest unemployment rate, North Dakota the lowest, among states in July 2013 (08/22/2013)
Utah has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among states, July 2013 (08/21/2013)
Productivity, output, and hours worked, second quarter 2013 (08/20/2013)
Real earnings fall 0.2 percent in July (08/19/2013)
Consumer prices up 2.0 percent for year ended July 2013 (08/16/2013)
Finished goods prices advance 2.1 percent in 12 months ended July 2013 (08/15/2013)
Import air passenger fares up 2.1 percent, export fares down 7.5 percent, July 2012–July 2013 (08/14/2013)
Ratio of quits per layoff and discharge was 1.4 in June 2013 (08/13/2013)
Average prices for food items, June 2013 (08/12/2013)
More vacation, less sick leave, 1992–2012 (08/09/2013)
Net employment gain of 668,000 jobs in fourth quarter 2012 (08/08/2013)
Job openings, hires, and separations little changed in June 2013 (08/07/2013)
July unemployment rates: adult men, 7.0 percent; adult women, 6.5 percent; teens, 23.7 percent (08/06/2013)
Payroll employment up 162,000 in July 2013 (08/05/2013)
Compensation costs in private industry increased 1.9 percent for the year ending June 2013 (08/02/2013)
Unemployment rates in June were lower than a year earlier in 272 of 372 metropolitan areas (08/01/2013)

July 2013

Midland, Texas has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment (07/31/2013)
In 2012, private industry workers averaged 10 days paid vacation after 1 year of service (07/30/2013)
Why are there revisions to jobs numbers? (07/29/2013)
U.S. city average for gasoline was $3.63 per gallon in June 2013 (07/26/2013)
Paid leave by occupation, March 2013 (07/25/2013)
Median weekly earnings, second quarter 2013 (07/24/2013)
Nineteen states had jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. rate of 7.6 percent, June 2013 (07/23/2013)
Employment up in 49 states over the year, June 2013 (07/22/2013)
Access to employee benefits in March 2013 (07/19/2013)
Real earnings unchanged in June 2013 (07/18/2013)
Consumer Price Index, June 2013 (07/17/2013)
Time spent working in 2012 (07/16/2013)
Producer prices up 2.5 percent for the 12 months ended June 2013 (07/15/2013)
U.S. import prices by country of origin, June 2013 (07/12/2013)
Consumer spending on gasoline increased significantly in 2011 (07/11/2013)
Unemployed persons per job opening in May 2013 (07/10/2013)
Leisure and hospitality has highest unemployment rate among major industries, June 2013 (07/09/2013)
Employment increases in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services in June (07/08/2013)
Yuma, Arizona had the highest unemployment rate among metropolitan areas, May 2013 (07/05/2013)
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment (07/03/2013)
Multifactor productivity increased 0.9 percent in 2012 (07/02/2013)
Multifactor productivity in manufacturing, 2011 (07/01/2013)

June 2013

Employment up in 287 of 328 largest counties, December 2011 to December 2012 (06/28/2013)
Daily time use among men and women in 2012 (06/27/2013)
Twenty-one states had jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. rate of 7.6 percent, May 2013 (06/26/2013)
States with statistically significant employment changes, May 2013 (06/25/2013)
Mass layoffs increase in May (06/24/2013)
Consumer expenditures increase in 2011 for the first time in 3 years (06/21/2013)
Real earnings in May 2013 (06/20/2013)
CPI-U up 1.4 percent in 12 months (06/19/2013)
Labor force characteristics of persons with a disability in 2012 (06/18/2013)
Producer prices for finished goods rise 0.5 percent in May 2013 (06/17/2013)
Overall import prices down 1.9 percent over the year (06/14/2013)
Total employer costs for employee compensation $31.09 per hour worked in March 2013 (06/13/2013)
Job openings and the Beveridge curve, December 2000–April 2013 (06/12/2013)
Unemployment in May 2013 (06/11/2013)
Payroll employment up 175,000 in May 2013 (06/10/2013)
Consumer expenditures on food in 2011 (06/07/2013)
Inflation in Italy, 3.3 percent in 2012; in Switzerland, −0.8 percent (06/06/2013)
International comparisons of employment, 2007–2013 (06/05/2013)
Compensation highlights in trade, transportation, and utilities industries (06/04/2013)
U.S. natural gas production, 2007–2040 (06/03/2013)

May 2013

Productivity in selected service-providing and mining industries, 2011 (05/31/2013)
Employment and unemployment in large metropolitan areas, April 2013 (05/30/2013)
Household spending on pets (05/29/2013)
Labor force participation rates of the foreign born and native born, 2008–2012 (05/28/2013)
Growing demand for fertilizer keeps prices high (05/24/2013)
Mass layoffs in April 2013 (05/23/2013)
Barriers to employment for persons with a disability (05/22/2013)
State employment and unemployment, April 2013 (05/21/2013)
Real earnings increase in April (05/20/2013)
Consumer Price Index, April 2013 (05/17/2013)
Producer prices for finished goods decrease 0.7 percent in April 2013 (05/16/2013)
Import and export prices down in April 2013 (05/15/2013)
Extended mass layoff events and separations, first quarter 2013 (05/14/2013)
Union and nonunion wages, December 2011 (05/13/2013)
Happy Mother’s Day from BLS: working mothers in 2012 (05/10/2013)
Job openings, hires, and separations rates in March 2013 (05/09/2013)
Large firms gain 133,000 jobs during 3rd quarter of 2012 (05/08/2013)
Number of discouraged workers down by 133,000 from last year, April 2013 (05/07/2013)
Payroll employment up in April 2013 (05/06/2013)
Labor productivity, first quarter 2013 (05/03/2013)
Employment and unemployment in Mountain states metropolitan areas, March 2013 (05/02/2013)
Compensation costs in March 2013: state and local government workers (05/01/2013)

April 2013

Employment characteristics of families, 2012 (04/30/2013)
Employment growth in oil-producing counties in the Bakken Formation, 2007–2011 (04/29/2013)
Medical and retirement benefits, March 2012 (04/26/2013)
Mass layoffs in March 2013 (04/25/2013)
Unemployment by state, March 2013 (04/24/2013)
North Dakota has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among states, March 2013 (04/23/2013)
48.8 percent of recent high school graduates in labor force (04/22/2013)
Median weekly earnings by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, first quarter 2013 (04/19/2013)
Real earnings in March 2013 (04/18/2013)
Consumer Price Index, March 2012 to March 2013 (04/17/2013)
Employee contributions to medical care benefits costs (04/16/2013)
Producer prices up 1.1 percent for the 12 months ended March 2013 (04/15/2013)
U.S. import prices down over the year ending March 2013; export prices up slightly (04/12/2013)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, February 2013 (04/11/2013)
Job openings in February 2013 (04/10/2013)
Duration of unemployment in March 2013 (04/09/2013)
Employment in March 2013 (04/08/2013)
The job market for recent college graduates in the United States (04/05/2013)
Employment and wages for newly defined occupations, May 2012 (04/04/2013)
State unemployment rates in February 2013 (04/03/2013)
State employment in February 2013 (04/02/2013)
Employment in green good and services, 2011 (04/01/2013)

March 2013

Employment in 10 largest counties (03/29/2013)
Labor productivity and unit labor costs among manufacturing industries, 2011 (03/28/2013)
Mass layoffs in February 2013 (03/27/2013)
Metropolitan area unemployment, January 2013 (03/26/2013)
Minimum wage workers account for 4.7 percent of hourly paid workers in 2012 (03/25/2013)
Unemployment among veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces declines in 2012 (03/22/2013)
Employer costs for employee compensation, December 2012 (03/21/2013)
States with lower-than-national unemployment rates (03/20/2013)
Real earnings in February 2013 (03/19/2013)
Consumer Price Index, February 2012 to February 2013 (03/18/2013)
Producer prices up 1.7 percent for the 12 months ended February 2013 (03/15/2013)
Import and export prices up 1.1 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively, in February 2013 (03/14/2013)
Annual hires and separations, 2012 (03/13/2013)
Unemployment rate by major worker group, February 2013 (03/12/2013)
Payroll employment up in February 2013 (03/11/2013)
International unemployment rates, January 2013 (03/08/2013)
Young adult employment varies by education (03/07/2013)
Gold prices rise more than 100 percent since 2008 (03/05/2013)
Annual average unemployment rates declined in 2013 (03/04/2013)
Expenditures of urban and rural households in 2011 (03/01/2013)

February 2013

Consumer Prices, 1913 and 2013 (02/28/2013)
Mass layoffs in January 2013 (02/27/2013)
Volunteering declines in 2012 (02/26/2013)
Real earnings in January 2013 (02/25/2013)
Consumer Price Index up 1.6 percent from January 2012 to January 2013 (02/22/2013)
Producer prices in January 2013 (02/21/2013)
Mortgage delinquency and foreclosure among youngest baby boomers (02/20/2013)
Illness-related work absences in January 2013 highest since February 2008 (02/19/2013)
Extended mass layoffs, fourth quarter 2012 (02/15/2013)
Import prices fall 1.3 percent, export prices rise 1.1 percent, January 2012–January 2013 (02/14/2013)
Job openings, hires, and separations in December 2012 (02/13/2013)
International gross domestic product (GDP) comparisons, 2011 (02/12/2013)
19 major work stoppages and 1.1 million days idle in 2012 (02/11/2013)
Productivity, output, and hours worked, fourth quarter 2012 (02/08/2013)
Employment change by firm size, second quarter of 2012 (02/07/2013)
Compensation costs increased in December 2012 (02/06/2013)
Unemployment rate 7.9 percent in January (02/05/2013)
Payroll employment in January 2013 (02/04/2013)
Metropolitan area unemployment, December 2012 (02/01/2013)

January 2013

Metropolitan division employment, December 2012 (01/31/2013)
Gross job gains and losses, second quarter of 2012 (01/30/2013)
Fatal work injuries in mining in 2010 (01/29/2013)
Mass layoffs in 2012 (01/28/2013)
International unemployment rates, November 2012 (01/25/2013)
Union membership declines in 2012 (01/24/2013)
Median weekly earnings, fourth quarter 2012 (01/23/2013)
Texas has largest over-the-year employment increase; Nevada has largest unemployment rate decrease (01/22/2013)
Real earnings up again in December 2012 (01/18/2013)
Consumer Price Index increases 1.7 percent in 2012 (01/17/2013)
Producer prices in December 2012 (01/16/2013)
Travel expenditures during the recent recession, 2005–2011 (01/15/2013)
U.S. import prices by country of origin, December 2012 (01/14/2013)
Job openings in November 2012 (01/11/2013)
Large county employment, June 2012 (01/10/2013)
Employment and unemployment in large metropolitan areas, November 2012 (01/09/2013)
Unemployment by sex and age, December 2012 (01/08/2013)
Employment in December 2012 (01/07/2013)
Reasons for extended mass layoffs, 2009–2011 (01/04/2013)
The last private industry pension plans (01/03/2013)
Women’s earnings by occupation, 2011 (01/02/2013)