by - February 11, 2016 1:41 pm
The 2015 Baloney Sandwich Index wasn’t too far off Fort Smith metro job growth numbers during the year, but it doesn’t necessarily indicate an improving jobs scene in the area…
by - November 21, 2013 9:36 am
The October Baloney Sandwich Index (BSI) predicts a Fort Smith area jobless rate increase when the September and October metro jobless rates are released on Dec. 9. October’s BSI rose…
by - October 1, 2013 2:05 pm
The latest Baloney Sandwich Index predicts an upward trend in the jobless rate for the Fort Smith metro area. The August BSI rose to 148.8 from 126.4 in July. The…
by - July 24, 2013 2:14 pm
The Fort Smith metro jobless rate for June is likely to be lower than the May 7.7% rate. That’s what the June Baloney Sandwich Index predicts. May’s 7.7% jobless rate…
by - December 10, 2012 2:46 pm
The November jobless rate in the Fort Smith region should decline based on the November Baloney Sandwich Index (BSI). Ken Kupchick, author of the BSI, says the index has a…
by - September 12, 2012 5:51 pm
If you think what is happening to the Fort Smith regional economy is a bunch of baloney, you’re more right than you might think. The Fort Smith metro unemployment rate…
by - May 4, 2012 11:42 am
The Baloney Sandwich Index rose to 164.5 during April, the highest level for the month since the Fort Smith area index began in September 2003. The BSI is managed by…
