If you have wondered what the consequences might be of the large numbers of closed businesses and vacant lots throughout Spokane and around the United States, increasing unemployment is an obviou...
Aware from friends and from first hand experience about the ongoing nature of harassment by police and private security forces on the streets of Spokane, I am reprinting here this piece I publish...
https://spokaneeconomicindicators.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/walk-a-mile-in-my-shoes/
Spokane has a 9.1 percent unemployment rate, the national average. While this is a 0.6 percent improvement from April 2010 to April 2011 for Spokane, it still represents 21,500 people out of a ...
In May 2011, the US Department of Labor reported 54,000 jobs were created nationwide. Let’s create some local and regional context for these 54,000 jobs. The May jobs number represents an ave...