by - September 30, 2015 7:02 pm
The number of employed in the Fort Smith metro during August took a slight dip compared to July, but was up almost 2% compared to August 2014. Also, the number…
by - September 2, 2015 12:44 pm
While the pace of job growth is not as strong as most Arkansas metro areas, the Fort Smith region had job growth of just over 2% in July, with the…
by - July 29, 2015 2:44 pm
The job market in the Fort Smith metro continues to make modest gains, with the region adding more than 2,600 jobs between June 2014 and June 2015. The size of…
by - July 1, 2015 5:09 pm
Employment in the Fort Smith metro was up more than 3,200 jobs in May compared to May 2014, but the number of jobs in the area remains well below pre-recession…
by - April 30, 2015 9:05 am
The March jobs reports for the Fort Smith metro shows a year-over-year gain in employment, but the regional employment has struggled to gain and maintain momentum in the previous five…
by - February 9, 2015 4:53 pm
December’s jobless rate was unchanged in the Fort Smith metro area, but the region continued the trend of decline in the size of the workforce and the number of employed….
by - December 30, 2014 10:54 am
The number of employed during November in the Fort Smith metro area reached a new high for 2014, but the number is still below the 2013 monthly average and the…
by - December 10, 2014 1:11 pm
The size of the Fort Smith metro workforce and the number of employed continues to decline year-over-year, but the number of unemployed in October fell more than 30% to 6,774,…
by - October 30, 2014 8:12 am
The September labor market report for the Fort Smith area shows two consecutive months of workforce gains and rise in the number of employed. Such gains will need to continue…
by - October 1, 2014 9:26 pm
Labor market numbers continue to go in the wrong direction for the Fort Smith regional economy. The regional workforce declined 3.26% in August compared to August 2013, and the number…
by - August 27, 2014 3:06 pm
The Fort Smith regional economy workforce, which appeared to be stabilizing during the past year, took a negative turn in July with a 4.14% decline. The number of employed in…
by - July 30, 2014 2:50 pm
A continued decline in the size of the workforce and the number of employed edged the Fort Smith metro jobless rate to 6.4% in June compared to 6.3% in May….
by - July 1, 2014 1:39 pm
The Fort Smith metro jobless rate for May rose back above 6%, with the regional workforce declining 3.51% and the number of employed down 1.97% compared to May 2013. May’s…
by - May 28, 2014 4:19 pm
The Fort Smith metro jobless rate for April fell below 6% for the first time since November 2008, but the lower rate is not an indicator of a growing workforce…
by - May 1, 2014 5:45 pm
The good news is that the Fort Smith metro jobless rate during March was 6.9%, the first time in 62 consecutive months the rate has been below 7%. The not-so-good…
by - April 10, 2014 6:38 pm
The Fort Smith regional metro jobless rate fell to 7.4% in February, but the size of the regional workforce and number of employed trailed that of February 2013. The February…
by - March 21, 2014 11:03 am
Swings in the workforce size and number of employed — potentially related to winter weather impacts on reporting – pushed the January Fort Smith metro jobless rate to 7.8%, ahead…
by - February 6, 2014 1:35 pm
Not only did the Fort Smith metro jobless rate jump to 7.6% in December but the November rate of 6.9% was revised to 7%, meaning that the region’s jobless rate…
