Where the jobs will come from

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on January 18, 2010 at 11:45 am

The health care, education and service sectors will power the U.S. labor market between now and 2018, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics projections put into graphic form by NPR.

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Tags: employment, forecasts, job market, National Public Radio, recovery, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  

On the proliferation of pickpockets and pilferers

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on October 20, 2009 at 10:41 am

NPR’s Marketplace checks in with a local private eye to gauge how the economic troubles are changing the dynamics of thievery. Now here’s a growth industry.

Whenever you’re paying maybe upwards of $20 for a can of formula in a store, it’s pretty easy to sell at a flea market for $8 to $10 a can. And it’s quick cash. It’s quick profit for people. And they’re not stealing it to provide for their family, they’re stealing it because it’s a way to make a living at the flea market.

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Tags: crime, economic indicators, FIND Investigations, National Public Radio, Thomas H. Humphreys  

‘A period of maximum stress’

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on February 23, 2009 at 1:24 pm

The National Association of Business Economics says the first quarter’s GDP number will be down 5 percent, which NPR says is more than three times its previous forecast.

“As the news on the economy has darkened, so, too, have the forecasts,” said Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics. “We are suffering a period of maximum stress on the economy.”

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Tags: economic indicators, economy, gross domestic product, National Association of Business Economics, National Public Radio