Unemployment

A recent piece in the New York Times regarding the unemployment rate among college graduates, and its bad news for Architecture students, has caused controversy and consternation within the profession.

January 19, 2012 - Archinect

A new report released Wednesday, to coincide with a U.S. Conference of Mayors gathering in Washington D.C., finds that only 26 of the nation’s 363 metropolitan areas had recovered the jobs lost during the recession by the end of last year.

January 19, 2012 - The New York Times

It's 1900 all over again - more Californians are born here than come from other states or countries. The recession and high housing costs have continued the outflow from the state meaning that growth is dependent largely on offspring of immigrants.

November 30, 2011 - Los Angeles Times

Nevada has gone from having the lowest unemployment in the US in 2006 at 4% to the highest now at 13.4%. Once again Las Vegas is proving to be a reflection of the country's wider problems, where the top end of the market never dropped out.

October 17, 2011 - The Guardian

Scott Timburg labels Richard Florida overly optimistic and blames the media for not portraying the 'fading creative class,' because their recession pain has not been sufficiently dramatic.

October 6, 2011 - The Atlantic

Richard Florida examines the stark regional variance behind American unemployment figures. He finds that Bismark and Fargo in North Dakota have least unemployment, while the Californian Central Valley suffers the highest.

September 30, 2011 - The Atlantic

The debate may be as old as the first environmental regulation on the federal books - do regulations kill jobs? Fresh from a Sept. 2 victory over EPA's attempt to strengthen smog regulations,Republicans will continue the effort to reduce regulations

September 6, 2011 - The New York Times - Business Day

Joblessness in the Charlotte region is high, and has been for a while. This review of unemployment figures shows a long-term problem.

August 4, 2011 - UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

With unemployment numbers falling, jobs are on the rise in some rural parts of the country.

July 14, 2011 - The Daily Yonder

AP reports on the Anderson Forecast from UCLA that looks into CA's housing slump and shows two distinct markets, one on the rise and the other (single-family housing) falling.

June 16, 2011 - AP via Bloomberg Business Week

More than two-thirds of rural areas in the United States have seen growth in jobs since 2009, according to this article from The Daily Yonder.

December 15, 2010 - The Daily Yonder

Despite some accusations that the federal stimulus funding has not been filtering down to actual transportation projects, work is being done. But the influx of money hasn't been able to revive a flagging construction industry.

September 16, 2010 - Time

New figures from the National Association of Realtors show that the number of new homes being built and the number of homes being sold were both down during May.

July 3, 2010 - The New York Times

These 10 American cities top the nation as being home to the most layoffs. California is a hotbed.

May 18, 2010 - ABC

Democrats in congress are trying to divert some federal bailout money to cities and counties, where job losses are crippling municipal services.

April 27, 2010 - Los Angeles Times

NPR interviews the AP reporter who conducted an analysis of stimulus spending in one particular area - road construction. His finding was that in addition to having no effect on total unemployment, it didn't improve construction employment either.

January 12, 2010 - NPR: All Things Considered

While the U.S. has its infamous Single Room Occupancy hotels, Tokyo has its "capsule" hotels - making SROs appear downright spacious by comparison. This article and accompanying slide show looks at life for one resident of Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510.

January 4, 2010 - The New York Times - Global Business

Architects and carpenters are among this list of the nine jobs hit hardest by the recession in 2009.

December 29, 2009 - NBC

Transit ridership has dipped in 2009, according to a new report from the American Public Transportation Association. The recession and high unemployment rates are being blamed.

December 21, 2009 - USA Today

Unemployment is spreading across the country like a rash. This video tracks the changing unemployment in American counties since January 2007.

November 25, 2009 - American Observer