Last month, I wrote a blog post about some of the “glimmers of hope” in the economy, echoing statements made by the President. Since then, we have seen more evidence that the economy has turned some sort of corner. That is not to suggest that things are terrific, but it does seem to indicate that [...]
Archive for May, 2009
8 May
Economic Challenges Remain
Today, we released the newest update to the Quarterly Indicators: The Economy and Small Business for the first quarter of 2009. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also released the April employment numbers today, which were sobering. The U.S. economy lost 539,000 jobs in the month of April, but more importantly, this was the sixteenth consecutive [...]
