"  The employment landscape and labor market in New Jersey has changed relatively little over the past 12 months, but one sector has played an outsized role in driving the state’s employment ..."

"Industries throughout the American economy are reporting shortages of highly skilled and properly trained workers. Even for the most critical of these industries, challenges in maintaining a ..."

"Following the supply chain disruptions of 2020 and 2021, no subject seemed to achieve such universal agreement as the importance of domestic manufacturing. Since then, states and the federal ..."

"Although the 3.9% statewide unemployment rate in New Jersey sits roughly where it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment in the Garden State has steadily increased over the past 12 months. ..."

"August 15, 2023 Focus NJ released its 2023 Mid-Year Review Tuesday reporting that unemployment in New Jersey remains near historic lows, the labor force participation rate now exceeds levels ..."

"In many ways, 2021 was a year marked for its return to stability following the ups and downs of 2020. Unfortunately, that stability waned in 2022 as a new sense of economic uncertainty had many ..."

"With constant prognostications about a potential economic recession in 2023, it’s hard to blame workers feeling uneasy about their job security. While the reality of an impending recession is ..."

"Inflation reached record levels in 2022, but were price increases in New Jersey as steep as the rest of the country? In simplest terms, inflation measures how much more expensive any particular set ..."

"Despite greater economic uncertainty, turnover in the labor market remained at record levels throughout 2022 as New Jersey experienced record highs in both job openings and the number of workers ..."

"October 27, 2022 Focus NJ has launched a new, interactive Economic Tracking Dashboard to provide easy access to key economic information for media members, policymakers, stakeholders, and all ..."