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I’m guessing that unemployment will be around 6% in Colorado next summer. Which will be enough to have people feeling better.
The national picture will remain bleak (maybe 8.5%-9%), even if Colorado only gets down to 6.5% or less, we will look good relatively. High unemployment comes down fast moderate unemployment is naggingly slow.
However, the national news media will keep telling people how bad things are even if they are actually doing pretty good in Colorado–I’m not sure what the impact of this will be: Will people feel afraid because the national press is telling them to be afraid or will they say Colorado is doing pretty well.
through ignoring environmental costs, lavishing subsidies, and bestowing other government favors then…
Oh wait–resource dependent and unbalanced economies based on notoriously volatile commodities actually weaken the ability to bounce back from hard economic times…who knew?
http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/c…
http://www.gjfreepress.com/art…
If McInnis, Maes, Penry et al really wanted to improve Colorado’s prospects, they would pursue a diverse economy rather than favoring volatile resource markets; if they want to ride a wave of anger to the Gubernatorial mansion, however, they might throw the economy under the bus to rise to power. And that, friends, is GOP ‘leadership.’
You still have companies with wage reductions and reduced hours. You still have people fearful about their jobs. You still have as Danny mentioned above, the news about the country as a whole.
6% unemployment is ok if… 1) People are at full hours & pay, 2) Companies are announcing raises, and 3) The national news shows improvement.
As to right now, Ritter & Co. need to get the above info out to everyone in Colorado.
As you come out of the slump the first workers to benefit are the high performing employees that employers desperately wanted to keep even when it cost them money.
Wages (& productivity) spike as employers meet increasing demand with the same number of workers. Once they’ve tapped out the productive capability of their work force, then they start adding personnel.
as to why McInnis keeps talking about Texas as being some sort of promised land economically when their unemployment rate is signigifantly higher than ours.
11 COLORADO 6.9
21 TEXAS 8.3
http://www.bls.gov/web/laumstr…
oil and gas rules, and the “senior CO statesman” Bill Owens comes from there.
and we all know that Republicans seem to worship Texas like they do Ronald Reagan….yet that doesn’t change the fact that their unemployment rate is 20% higher than ours.
Laying off its citizens is apparently fine.