North Carolina’s Western Prosperity Zone has felt the forces of economic change, but with the Asheville metro area leading the way, it is finding new ways of growing its economy.
The Great Recession caused a large spike in the number of North Carolinians who would prefer to work full time but are only able to find part-time employment. This article checks in on the current state of “involuntary” part-time work in our state.
Growth in North Carolina's counties and metro areas place prominently in the latest Census Bureau report released last week.
Walmart has announced that a large number of workers are going to be getting a raise. Considering the footprint that the retailer has in North Carolina, this could mean added benefit for the state’s economy.
New North Carolina employment and wage estimates for 800 nonfarm occupations are now available through the Occupational Employment Statistics program.
What are the economies in different parts of North Carolina like? How are they similar to one another and how are they unique? From the mountains to the coast, recently published data from LEAD shed light on North Carolina’s varied regional economies.
Recently released data from the 2012 Economic Census indicates that the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia Metropolitan Statistical Area reigns as North Carolina's manufacturing hub.
LEAD's BLS Statistics Data chart has eliminated the guess work of which geographies are available for several BLS programs.
Are traditional brick-and-mortar storefronts becoming a thing of the past? If you’re a reader of the Wall Street Journal, you may have recently run across news headlines like these proclaiming the demise of traditional retailers: Shoppers Are Fleeing Physical Stores, The Great Mall Exodus, and Macy’s Confronts the Crisis of the American Mall. So is this true? And more importantly, is this happening in North Carolina?
North Carolina pork producers were making significant gains in exporting to Russia in early 2014 as they complied with new trade restrictions. But yet another import ban on U.S. and E.U. agricultural products could derail that progress.