PNC Bank issues dreary forecast for St. Louis – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin

St. Louis should expect little improvement in the local job market or housing prices this year, according to a dismal new forecast from economists at PNC Bank. Some excerpts: St. Louis has not been able to accelerate its economic growth beyond stall speed …

http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/jim-gallagher/pnc-bank-issues-dreary-forecast-for-st-louis/article_7f38c4de-9f8b-11e1-bb92-0019bb30f31a.html

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Teens ‘dip their toes’ into local job market at fair in Destrehan – nola.com

Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin

Several local teens looking for summer jobs and volunteer work as well as soon-to-be graduating high school seniors looking for full-time work were among a group of young people who recently gathered at the East Regional Library in Destrehan for …

http://blog.nola.com/river/2012/04/teens_dip_their_toes_into_loca.html

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Colorado’s apartment vacancies drop to 5.2 percent – The Business Journal

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

Driven by hot apartment-rental markets in Fort Collins and Denver, the overall vacancy rate for the state dropped to 5.2 percent in the first quarter, according to a state Division of Housing report released late Wednesday. That’s the lowest …

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/05/10/states-apartment-vacancies-drop-to.html

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Good News For Grads: Job Market On The Rise – 13 WHAM

Posted on May 13, 2012 by admin

On campus, they were largely insulated from the collapsing U.S. economy. While older brothers and sisters graduated into a dismal job market, they took shelter in chemistry, philosophy and literature classes. They used their college years to prepare for …

http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/college-graduates-job-market-improving/xUpOhw2xtUeGKsseydFu0Q.cspx?rss=102

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Economist: Recovery boosts Houston real estate market – Houston Chronicle

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin

Area housing prices will rise this year amid a strong local job market and a lack of new supply, economist Ted C. Jones said today at an annual symposium on real estate and the economy. “This market is back,” Jones, chief economist for Stewart Title …

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2012/05/economist-houstons-recovery-is-a-blowout/

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