Phila. employment won't return to pre-recession levels until mid-2014
The trend detected by the leading indicators tracked by Select Greater Philadelphia and IHS Global Insight shows the region lagging the United States as a whole.
Phila. employment won't return to pre-recession levels until mid-2014
Mike Armstrong, Inquirer Columnist
The latest quarterly reading of Select Greater Philadelphia's leading economic indicators point to mid-2014 as the earliest point when employment in the region will return to its pre-recession level.
The Greater Philadelphia Leading Index is an effort by the organization that tries to attract new employers to the region to forecast where the local economy is headed six months from now.
The trend over the last 12 months has been one of gradual growth followed by gradual decline. The 12-month moving average peaked in February and declined each month through June, the most recent data available.
In a statement, the organization said the trend indicates that the region's rate of economic growth will "decline somewhat" over the next several quarters.
Select Greater Philadelphia and IHS Global Insight, which provided data analysis for the quarterly report, also said the trends confirm that the "U.S. economy continues to recover more quickly than the region's."
Looking at the year-over-year change in employment in the Philadelphia and Trenton metropolitan statistical areas, the organizations said the employment growth rate of the two regions has remained below that of the U.S. as a whole since September 2010.
Here's a link to the latest figures for the leading index on Select Greater Philadelphia's website.
sounds so official and accurate.
i can't wait for their next prediction.
signed Carnac— ald- It is sick how the Republicans have destroyed our economy in the name of Big Oil, Big Coal, Halliburton, Wal-Mart, Wall Street, Bain Capital, and the Koch Brothers.— eldiablodelsol2009
- eldiablo....Barack Obama would give anything he has in life, if he could return the economy and EVERY meaningful economic indicator back to what he inherited from GWB. The Failure in Chief took a bas situation and made it severely worse by interjecting massive government into the equation. One thing about government, EVERY time it attempts to "fix a problem" in the free market, it makes endless more problems. Get the government out of the way and the free market will provide a thriving economy. And remember, who has controlled congress???? Oh yeah, the Democrats!!! Hahahaha....with each passing day, the left wing loonie game of blaming GWB looks more & more & more ridiculous. Hope & change, hope & change...forward. Unemployment is what?? How much you paying for a gallon on gasoline?? Debt?? Annual Deficits???? Obama Bin Laden the American economy terrorist strikes again!!!!— kelprod2
- How are the 100,000 Philadelphians of working age who lack the required id to work legally (and pay taxes) counted, or are they off the books for everything but their ability to vote for more freebies?— tr88
Mike Armstrong blogs about Philadelphia corporations and business-related topics. Contact him at 215-854-2980.
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