U.S. job growth continues to accelerate, pushing down unemployment rates. According to the latest Labor Department estimates, nonfarm payrolls grew 200,000 in December as the jobless rate retreated to 8.5 percent. Based on the results of monthly employer surveys, the private sector added 212,000 jobs. But government employment continued to trend downward with a net […]
A quarterly index tracking confidence among Colorado business leaders has advanced for the first quarter of the new year, offering a promising start to what’s expected to be a year with increased sales, capital expenditures and hiring. “There’s quite a bit of enthusiasm exhibited in this survey,” said Richard Wobbekind, executive director of the University […]
A monthly index tracking business conditions in Colorado ended 2011 ahead of where it started, a gain that bodes well for economic and job growth in 2012. Gross domestic product for the state is expected to grow an inflation-adjusted 3.3 percent in the coming year, while payrolls should grow 1.5 percent, said Ernie Goss, director […]