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Colorado Springs area unemployment rate drops to 2.5 percent, lowest since at least 1990
The booming Colorado Springs area job market set another milestone in April with a 2.5 percent unemployment rate, the lowest recorded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in records beginning in 1990. The April jobless rate is down from 2.7 percent in March and 4.1 percent in April 2016. The rate is the lowest…
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Colorado Springs unemployment rate falls to 2.7 percent, lowest since at least 1990
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs-area job market was the tightest since at least 1990 as the unemployment rate fell to 2.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The March rate was down sharply from…
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Colorado Springs unemployment rate falls to 2.7 percent, lowest since at least 1990
The Colorado Springs-area job market was the tightest since at least 1990 as the unemployment rate fell to 2.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The March rate was down sharply from 3.4 percent in February and 3.6 percent in March 2016, and is the lowest in the federal agency’s records for…
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Economist: Colorado Springs economy to remain strong, but risk of downturn grows
Expect more of the same in 2017 for the Colorado Springs economy, but the chances for a downturn are growing, said Tatiana Bailey, director of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Economic Forum. The economic recovery is longest in the past 150 years, but downturns are more likely early in a presidential administration as…
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Economist: Colorado Springs economy to remain strong, but risk of downturn grows
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Expect more of the same in 2017 for the Colorado Springs economy, but the chances for a downturn are growing, said Tatiana Bailey, director of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Economic Forum. The…
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For the first time in years, incomes are rising faster than home values
A trend that’s helped force U.S. home ownership to a 50-year low may finally be running out of steam. According to a new report from Zillow, a real estate and rental marketplace, incomes are now rising faster than home values for the first time since 2011. The data shows that home values have been growing…
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For the first time in years, incomes are rising faster than home values
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A trend that’s helped force U.S. home ownership to a 50-year low may finally be running out of steam. According to a new report from Zillow, a real estate and rental marketplace, incomes are now…
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Colorado Springs sees economic growth
A hot real estate market last year fueled the fastest economic growth in five years in the Colorado Springs area, according to the data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The 2015 growth rate in the Springs trailed Fort Collins and Boulder, but that is a huge improvement from ranking as the…
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Colorado Springs sees economic growth
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A hot real estate market last year fueled the fastest economic growth in five years in the Colorado Springs area, according to the data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The 2015 growth rate in the Springs trailed Fort Collins and Boulder,…
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Colorado Springs hiring outlook brightens for fourth quarter
The hiring outlook in Colorado Springs for the final three months of 2016 is much stronger than it was a year ago. It is the first time in five quarters that the outlook for the upcoming quarter has been stronger than the same quarter a year earlier, according to a survey by staffing giant ManpowerGroup.…