{"id":2013,"date":"2012-01-20T13:19:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T18:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2012-01-20T13:19:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T18:19:51","slug":"georgia-and-savannah-employment-in-december-still-bad-but-labor-market-slowly-healing-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/01\/20\/georgia-and-savannah-employment-in-december-still-bad-but-labor-market-slowly-healing-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia and Savannah employment in December: Still bad, but labor market slowly healing (maybe)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Medium Rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8584504377\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Georgia Department of Labor released much of the December data yesterday, but we&#8217;re still waiting on some of it. More on that in a moment.<\/p>\n<p>Statewide, the number of people filing for unemployment each month continues to fall on a year over year basis. It&#8217;s worth noting, however, that these numbers are still well above the pre-recession trends. December is a pretty bad month for employment, as lots of temporary retail and education workers lose their jobs (as well as other sectors like shipping and delivery). <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the numbers look like in terms of unemployment insurance applications:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/01\/20\/georgia-and-savannah-employment-in-december-still-bad-but-labor-market-slowly-healing-maybe\/screenshot_18\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2014\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/01\/20\/georgia-and-savannah-employment-in-december-still-bad-but-labor-market-slowly-healing-maybe\/screenshot_18\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_18-e1327083016814.png?fit=670%2C328\" data-orig-size=\"670,328\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_18-e1327083016814.png?fit=300%2C147\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_18-e1327083016814.png?fit=594%2C291\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_18-e1327083016814.png?resize=594%2C291\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot_18\" width=\"594\" height=\"291\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2014\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The statewide unemployment rate, which is adjusted for seasonal trends, fell in December, but the Dept. of Labor has not yet published the actual numbers that this is based on. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/01\/20\/georgia-and-savannah-employment-in-december-still-bad-but-labor-market-slowly-healing-maybe\/screenshot_19\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2015\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/01\/20\/georgia-and-savannah-employment-in-december-still-bad-but-labor-market-slowly-healing-maybe\/screenshot_19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_19-e1327083125275.png?fit=670%2C490\" data-orig-size=\"670,490\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_19\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_19-e1327083125275.png?fit=300%2C219\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_19-e1327083125275.png?fit=594%2C434\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_19-e1327083125275.png?resize=594%2C434\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot_19\" width=\"594\" height=\"434\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2015\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But that slight improvement in the unemployment rate, which is estimated from a survey of households, masks a key employment problem, which can be seen here in the decline in jobs as determined by a survey of establishments:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/01\/20\/georgia-and-savannah-employment-in-december-still-bad-but-labor-market-slowly-healing-maybe\/screenshot_20\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2016\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2016\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/01\/20\/georgia-and-savannah-employment-in-december-still-bad-but-labor-market-slowly-healing-maybe\/screenshot_20\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_20-e1327083301606.png?fit=670%2C503\" data-orig-size=\"670,503\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_20\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_20-e1327083301606.png?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_20-e1327083301606.png?fit=594%2C446\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_20-e1327083301606.png?resize=594%2C446\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot_20\" width=\"594\" height=\"446\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2016\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This next graph is not adjusted for seasonality, but you can still see the year over year job loss for the Savannah metro area:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/01\/20\/georgia-and-savannah-employment-in-december-still-bad-but-labor-market-slowly-healing-maybe\/screenshot_21\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2017\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2017\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/01\/20\/georgia-and-savannah-employment-in-december-still-bad-but-labor-market-slowly-healing-maybe\/screenshot_21\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_21-e1327083398539.png?fit=670%2C501\" data-orig-size=\"670,501\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_21\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_21-e1327083398539.png?fit=300%2C224\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_21-e1327083398539.png?fit=594%2C444\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_21-e1327083398539.png?resize=594%2C444\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot_21\" width=\"594\" height=\"444\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2017\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The unemployment rates for cities and metro areas in December have not been released, nor &#8212; as I note above &#8212; have we seen the civilian labor force estimates used to calculate the unemployment rate. Some of those numbers are sprinkled into yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinepressroom.net\/gdol\/\" target=\"_blank\">DOL press release<\/a>, but I obviously prefer to just look at the raw data. I do not trust the spin in the press releases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:4px 0 4px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Another large rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0042810896\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgia Department of Labor released much of the December data yesterday, but we&#8217;re still waiting on some of it. More on that in a moment. Statewide, the number of people filing for unemployment each month continues to fall on&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/01\/20\/georgia-and-savannah-employment-in-december-still-bad-but-labor-market-slowly-healing-maybe\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-2013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economics","tag-employment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screenshot_19-e1327083125275.png?fit=670%2C490","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1gN9R-wt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}