The recently released January employment data for the Pittsburgh metropolitan statistical area (MSA) were not very encouraging. After a reasonably strong 2011 and first half of 2012, data from the region’s employers show quite a slowdown in job additions for the latter half of 2012 with 2013 starting off just as sluggish.
When the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the July household data many were happy to learn that the labor force for the seven-county Pittsburgh
As we have written in previous Policy Briefs, the Pittsburgh metropolitan statistical area (MSA) experienced strong employment growth in 2011 (as measured by the establishment
Has the Pittsburgh area climbed out of the recession? Notwithstanding the commentary nationally and locally lamenting the tough economic times across much of the Country
According to some analysts the recession is over. The Bureau of Economic Analysis has reported that real gross domestic product increased in both the third
