The Compass Report: March Numbers by the Wire

The March 2011 Numbers by the Wire report finds that persistent regional high employment rates and lackluster home sales continue to indicate a weak economy.

As it was in February, the economic bright spot is found in area hospitality tax collections and continued enplanement increases at the Fort Smith Regional Airport.

Numbers by the Wire — a component of The Compass Report — is a monthly report presented electronically as a two-page PDF on nine key sets of local, state and federal economic data.

Funded and managed by The City Wire and presented by Benefit Bank, The Compass Report is a quarterly regional economic report with data collection and analysis handled by Jeff Collins, a nationally known economist based in Springdale and co-founder of Streetsmart Data Services.

Link here for the March edition of Numbers by the Wire.