Job Shocks

• County employment: Shocks and rebounds
  Lots of counties experience major job loss, but why they do and how well they recover is more of a mystery.
• Helicopter churn: The macro view on job loss and growth
• Methodology: A county slice in time
• A missing bogeyman
  County employment shocks and recoveries show a wide diversity of sources.
• Shocked, only not: False positive cases of employment decline
• Company mass layoffs: The “other” job shock
• Job shocks: When lightning threatens again
• Characteristics of Shocked and Nonshocked District Counties
  Table: Characteristics of Shocked and Nonshocked District Counties
• Map of District Counties With Employment Shocks, 1990-93

Ninth District Features

• Fickle like the wind
  Wind farming is booming again in the district, but the industry remains dependent on federal subsidy.
• Sure wind power can make it on its own ...
  ... with a little help from turbine manufacturers, pollution regulators, power line builders and the overall energy economy
• Exploring new tourism territory
  Lewis & Clark bicentennial was expected to bring new tourism, but results have been mixed.

District Voices

• What are your expectations for housing prices in your area over the next six months to two years?
  District Voices

District Data

• Katrina reaches into the Ninth District
• Gasoline prices climb in response to hurricanes

State Roundups

• Summer tourism not so hot in the U.P.
  Michigan State Roundup
• The little bug that could (eat up U.P. forests)
  Michigan State Roundup
• Wing and a prayer?
  Minnesota State Roundup
• Tougher mercury controls sought
  Montana State Roundup
• Bison boom raises brucellosis fears
  Montana State Roundup
• Hands off our property
  North Dakota State Roundup
• Work, and then work some more
  North Dakota State Roundup
• Ellsworth Air Force Base: BRAC in business
  South Dakota State Roundup
• Burned by online cigarette taxes
  Wisconsin State Roundup