Economic Trends

"While AI data centers present challenging policy questions that increasingly need regulatory solutions, a new report from Focus NJ, released today, shows evidence supporting managed and transparent ..."

"On the heels of another major corporation leaving the state of New Jersey, Focus NJ today released a new “Missed Opportunities” analysis detailing eight New Jersey companies that have chosen ..."

"  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 ..."

"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. ..."

"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 ..."

"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 ..."

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"Record-high unemployment caused by the pandemic began to recede in 2021, but new obstacles continued to challenge New Jersey’s economic recovery. Unemployment: Although unemployment in New ..."

"Focus NJ Executive Director Kyle Sullender discusses the updated 2020 Economic Review and New Jersey's post-pandemic economic recovery with NJBIA’s Bob Considine on Minding Your Business. This ..."