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Economy

Job hunters can get help from top outplacement firm today and tomorrow

Posted on December 26, 2023 · Challenger, Gray & Christmas is making its coaches available for free to all callers December 26 and 27.

Business

Nearly a quarter of office space in Dallas, Houston and Austin sits empty

Posted on October 16, 2023 · “There’s a real risk that this will impact lenders and banks.”

Town Square

U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia on the State of the Union Address, Immigration Reform, Education in Employment, and More

Posted on February 15, 2023 · The Congresswoman discusses her current efforts to help the American people.

Houston Matters

Houston being America’s dirtiest city: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week

Posted on January 27, 2023 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

Business

Dallas Fed says wage growth for manufacturing workers reached record high in March

Posted on March 30, 2022 · The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports March marked another month of solid growth in Texas’ manufacturing and service sectors despite rising costs and supply chain disruptions.

A customer wears a mask and looks at their cell phone as they carry their order past a now hiring sign at an eatery in Richardson, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. The U.S. unemployment rate fell sharply in August to 8.4% from 10.2% even as hiring slowed in August as employers added the fewest jobs since the pandemic began.

Business

The Houston area will add more than 75,000 jobs in 2022, according to an annual forecast

Posted on December 1, 2021 · The annual report forecasts the metro region will gain back most of the jobs lost during the pandemic by the end of next year.

Travelers head to a security checkpoint at Denver International Airport on July 2. The economy likely surged in the April-June quarter as vaccine rollouts sparked a surge in pent-up activity. A slowdown is now seen as inevitable, although the pace of growth should remain strong.

Business

The Economy Is Healthier. These 4 Things Will Determine What Happens Next

Posted on July 29, 2021 · The U.S. economy is expected to have grown at a blistering pace in the April-June quarter. A slowdown is inevitable; the question is how much it will slow.

Many workers who got used to working from home are reluctant to return to the office.

Business

Houstonians Are Slowly Going Back Into The Office – But Many Don’t Want To

Posted on July 8, 2021 · After more than a year of remote work, many workers are reluctant to go back to the office, even as the pandemic recedes.

Houston Matters

Restricting The Governor’s Power To Declare An Emergency (April 15, 2021)

Posted on April 15, 2021 · On Thursday's show: A new bill would restrict the governor's power to declare an emergency, the challenges young people are having finding jobs, and the changing idea of what it means to be a Texan.

Houston Skyline as seen from the Waco Street bridge in east Houston. February 4, 2020

Business

Texas Manufacturing Falls Sharply In January, In Another Sign Of Slow Economic Recovery

Posted on January 25, 2021 · The news comes just days after the Texas Workforce released new unemployment numbers indicating that Texas lost more jobs in 2020 than at the height of the Great Recession.

Houston Matters

Friday’s Show: Guidelines For Reopening Businesses, And Finding A Job In The Pandemic (May 15, 2020)

Posted on May 15, 2020 · On Thursday's Houston Matters: Guidelines for reopening businesses, job opportunities amid the pandemic, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news, and Mattress Mack discusses his COVID-19 relief efforts.