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2012 Archived articles from The Editor’s Desk (in chronological order)

December 2012

State employment and unemployment, November 2012 (12/31/2012)
Mass layoffs in November 2012 (12/28/2012)
Employment and unemployment experience of the U.S. population in 2011 (12/27/2012)
Employer costs for defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans (12/26/2012)
Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and in the United States, 2011 (12/21/2012)
International manufacturing productivity, 2011 (12/20/2012)
Employer costs for employee compensation, September 2012 (12/19/2012)
Real earnings up in November 2012 (12/18/2012)
Consumer Price Index, November 2011 to November 2012 (12/17/2012)
Producer Price Index in November 2012 (12/14/2012)
Import and export prices in November (12/13/2012)
Job openings for total nonfarm are little changed in October 2012 (12/12/2012)
Unemployment rate edges down in November 2012 (12/11/2012)
Payroll employment increases in November 2012 (12/10/2012)
Work injuries and illnesses of local government firefighters in 2009 (12/07/2012)
Third quarter 2012 productivity revised upward (12/06/2012)
State nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates, private industry, 2011 (12/05/2012)
The 2012 drought’s impact on grocery prices compared to the 1988 drought (12/04/2012)
Overview of the labor force from 1950–2010 and projections to 2050 (12/03/2012)

November 2012

Unemployment rate lower than the U.S. rate in 213 metropolitan areas in October (11/30/2012)
Employment increases in 288 metro areas in October (11/29/2012)
Impact of the 2012 drought on export corn prices (11/28/2012)
Mass layoffs in October 2012 (11/27/2012)
State unemployment rates, October 2012 (11/26/2012)
Women’s earnings, 1979–2011 (11/23/2012)
Job gains increase, job losses decline in Q1 2012 (11/21/2012)
Extended mass layoffs, third quarter 2012 (11/20/2012)
Real earnings in October 2012 (11/19/2012)
Consumer prices, October 2011 to October 2012 (11/16/2012)
Producer prices in October 2012 (11/15/2012)
Work injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work in 2011 (11/14/2012)
Import and export prices, October 2012 (11/13/2012)
Veterans in the civilian labor force, 2011 (11/09/2012)
Community and social service occupations in 2011 (11/08/2012)
Job openings and labor turnover in September 2012 (11/07/2012)
Productivity, output, and hours worked, third quarter of 2012 (11/06/2012)
Employment increases in October 2012 (11/05/2012)
Changes in private industry compensation costs, September 2011–September 2012 (11/02/2012)
Metropolitan division employment and unemployment, September 2012 (11/01/2012)

October 2012

Private industry workplace injury and illness rate unchanged in 2011 (10/31/2012)
Occupational employment by race and ethnicity, 2011 (10/26/2012)
Consumer expenditures by homeowners and renters, 2010 (10/25/2012)
Mass layoffs in September 2012 (10/24/2012)
State unemployment rates, September 2012 (10/23/2012)
Employment by state, September 2012 (10/22/2012)
Median weekly earnings by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, third quarter 2012 (10/19/2012)
Real earnings in September 2012 (10/18/2012)
Consumer Prices, September 2011 to September 2012 (10/17/2012)
High school math courses and college attendance in two generations (10/16/2012)
Producer prices increase 2.1 percent in 12 months (10/15/2012)
Import and export prices up again in September 2012 (10/12/2012)
Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, August 2012 (10/11/2012)
Unemployment rate demographics, September 2012 (10/10/2012)
Payroll employment increases in September 2012 (10/09/2012)
Unemployment rates in baseball playoff metro areas, August 2012 (10/05/2012)
Payroll employment in metropolitan areas, August 2011–August 2012 (10/04/2012)
International unemployment rates, July 2012 (10/03/2012)
Occupational employment and wages in green goods and services (10/02/2012)
Multifactor productivity trends in 2010 (10/01/2012)

September 2012

Employment and wages up in large counties (09/28/2012)
Consumer expenditures rise in 2011 (09/27/2012)
Fatal work injuries decrease in construction, increase in transportation and warehousing in 2011 (09/26/2012)
State employment and unemployment, August 2012 (09/25/2012)
Mass layoffs in August 2012 (09/24/2012)
Who has retirement benefits in private industry in 2012? (09/21/2012)
Employee tenure in 2012 (09/20/2012)
Employer costs for employee compensation $28.80 in June 2012 (09/19/2012)
Real earnings in August 2012 (09/18/2012)
Consumer prices up in August 2012 (09/17/2012)
Producer Price Index in August 2012 (09/14/2012)
Import and export prices up in August 2012 (09/13/2012)
Job openings in July 2012 (09/12/2012)
Unemployment and labor force participation rates down in August 2012 (09/11/2012)
Payroll employment increases in August 2012 (09/10/2012)
International labor force participation rates for women, 2011 (09/07/2012)
Nonfarm business productivity, second quarter 2012 (09/06/2012)
Racial and ethnic characteristics of the U.S. labor force, 2011 (09/05/2012)
Access to paid leave, 2011 (09/04/2012)

August 2012

Productivity in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places, 2011 (08/31/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, July 2012 (08/30/2012)
How do married parents use their time? (08/29/2012)
Employment status of displaced workers (08/28/2012)
Atlanta’s air transportation industry, 1990–2010 (08/27/2012)
Mass layoffs in July 2012 (08/24/2012)
Fatal injuries among fishing workers, 2003–2009 (08/23/2012)
Youth employment in summer 2012 (08/22/2012)
State nonfarm payroll employment, July 2012 (08/21/2012)
State unemployment rates, July 2012 (08/20/2012)
Real earnings in July 2012 (08/17/2012)
Consumer prices increase 1.4 percent from July 2011 to July 2012 (08/16/2012)
Producer Price Index in July 2012 (08/15/2012)
International employment-population ratios, 2011 (08/14/2012)
Import and export prices, July 2012 (08/13/2012)
Extended mass layoffs, second quarter 2012 (08/10/2012)
Productivity, output, and hours in the second quarter of 2012 (08/09/2012)
Job hires and separations, June 2012 (08/08/2012)
Labor market attachment of baby boomers by educational attainment (08/07/2012)
Employment and unemployment in July 2012 (08/06/2012)
Gross job gains and losses in the fourth quarter of 2011 (08/03/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, June 2012 (08/02/2012)
Compensation costs up in June (08/01/2012)

July 2012

Number of jobs held and job duration for baby boomers, 1978–2010 (07/31/2012)
Occupations with the highest job gains and losses (07/30/2012)
International unemployment rates by age group, 2011 (07/27/2012)
Employee benefits in private industry and state and local government, March 2012 (07/26/2012)
State unemployment rates little changed in June (07/25/2012)
Changes in nonfarm payroll by state, June 2012 (07/24/2012)
Mass layoffs in June 2012 (07/23/2012)
Weekly earnings of full-time workers by age and sex, second quarter 2012 (07/20/2012)
Real earnings up in June 2012 (07/19/2012)
Consumer prices unchanged in June 2012 (07/18/2012)
Employee medical, retirement, and leave benefits, March 2012 (07/17/2012)
Producer Price Index in June 2012 (07/16/2012)
Import prices decrease in June 2012 (07/13/2012)
Time use of youths of immigrant and native-born parents, 2003–2010 (07/12/2012)
Job openings little changed in May 2012 (07/11/2012)
Unemployment in June 2012 (07/10/2012)
Payroll employment continued to edge up in June 2012 (07/09/2012)
Sector employment shifts around the world (07/06/2012)
Multifactor productivity in manufacturing industries, 2010 (07/05/2012)
Green technologies and practices, August 2011 (07/03/2012)
Time spent working, 2011 (07/02/2012)

June 2012

Employment up, wages down, in large counties (06/29/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, May 2012 (06/28/2012)
Employer-provided health insurance in state and local government (06/27/2012)
Eldercare in 2011 (06/26/2012)
Unemployment among persons with a disability, 2011 (06/25/2012)
Employment and enrollment of young male veterans in the 2007–2009 recession (06/22/2012)
Mass layoffs in May 2012 (06/21/2012)
Job openings, April 2012 (06/20/2012)
State unemployment rates, May 2012 (06/19/2012)
Real earnings in May 2012 (06/18/2012)
Consumer prices, May 2011 to May 2012 (06/15/2012)
Producer prices fall in May 2012 (06/14/2012)
Import and export prices, May 2012 (06/13/2012)
Employment of persons with a disability, 2011 (06/12/2012)
International unemployment rates, March 2012 (06/11/2012)
Employer costs for legally required benefits in March 2012 (06/08/2012)
First quarter 2012 nonfarm business sector productivity (06/07/2012)
Education and occupations of the foreign born in 2011 (06/06/2012)
Productivity in selected service-providing and mining industries, 2010 (06/05/2012)
The employment situation in May 2012 (06/04/2012)
Young adult employment during the recent recession (06/01/2012)

May 2012

Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, April 2012 (05/31/2012)
International air passenger fares (05/30/2012)
Employment status of the foreign born and native born by age, 2011 (05/29/2012)
Multifactor productivity in private nonfarm business (05/25/2012)
Regional Consumer Price Indexes, April 2012 (05/24/2012)
Mass layoffs in April 2012 (05/23/2012)
Commodity prices and the Consumer Price Index (05/22/2012)
State employment and unemployment, April 2012 (05/21/2012)
Extended mass layoff events in manufacturing, first quarter 2012 (05/18/2012)
Real earnings in April 2012 (05/17/2012)
Consumer prices increase 2.3 percent from April 2011 to April 2012 (05/16/2012)
Education and training across occupation groups (05/15/2012)
Producer Price Index in April 2012 (05/14/2012)
U.S. import and export price indexes in April 2012 (05/11/2012)
Employed Asians by occupation, 2008–2010 (05/10/2012)
Job openings levels by industry, March 2012 (05/09/2012)
Unemployment among families, 2011 (05/08/2012)
The employment situation in April 2012 (05/07/2012)
Nonfarm business labor productivity, first quarter 2012 (05/04/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, March 2012 (05/03/2012)
Gross job gains and losses, third quarter 2011 (05/02/2012)
Women as a percent of total employed in selected occupations, 2011 (05/01/2012)

April 2012

Compensation costs for private industry workers: March 2011–March 2012 (04/30/2012)
Employment status of parents, 2011 (04/27/2012)
Average size of establishments: a look at industries (04/26/2012)
Mass layoffs in March 2012 (04/25/2012)
Length of job search for the unemployed (04/24/2012)
State unemployment rates, March 2012 (04/23/2012)
Labor force participation among students and nonstudents, October 2011 (04/20/2012)
Median weekly earnings by race, ethnicity, and occupation, first quarter 2012 (04/19/2012)
Unemployment rates lower from February 2011 to 2012 (04/18/2012)
Real earnings in March 2012 (04/17/2012)
CPI up 2.7 percent from March 2011 to March 2012 (04/16/2012)
PPIs for services industries higher in March (04/13/2012)
Import and export prices in March 2012 (04/12/2012)
Job openings rate 2.6 percent in February (04/11/2012)
Employment trends from two surveys (04/10/2012)
The employment situation in March 2012 (04/09/2012)
Employer-provided life insurance benefits, 2011 (04/06/2012)
Working poor rate 7.2 percent in 2010 (04/05/2012)
Private business multifactor productivity up in 2010 (04/04/2012)
Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2010 (04/03/2012)
Unemployment by geographic region and division, February 2012 (04/02/2012)

March 2012

County employment, September 2011 (03/30/2012)
Occupational Employment and Wages — May 2011 (03/29/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, January 2012 (03/28/2012)
Employment in green goods and services, 2010 (03/27/2012)
Mass layoffs in February 2012 (03/26/2012)
Employment Situation of Veterans — 2011 (03/23/2012)
Employer costs for legally required benefits in December 2011 (03/22/2012)
State employment: January 2011 – January 2012 (03/21/2012)
Real earnings in February (03/20/2012)
CPI up 2.9 percent from February 2011 to February 2012 (03/19/2012)
Producer prices in February 2012 (03/16/2012)
Import and export prices in February 2012 (03/15/2012)
Annual hires, separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, 2011 (03/14/2012)
State unemployment rates, 2011 (03/13/2012)
Payroll employment increases by 227,000 in February 2012 (03/12/2012)
Workplace safety for security guards (03/09/2012)
Unit labor costs and real hourly compensation, 2011 (03/08/2012)
Employer-provided sick leave benefits, March 2009 (03/07/2012)
Characteristics of minimum wage workers in 2011 (03/06/2012)
Output projections for major industries, 2010–2020 (03/05/2012)
Consumer Price Index for the elderly (03/02/2012)
State employment-population ratios in 2011 (03/01/2012)

February 2012

Employer-provided health care benefits (02/29/2012)
Employment projections by occupational group, 2010–2020 (02/28/2012)
Work experience during 2010 (02/27/2012)
Mass layoffs in January 2012 (02/24/2012)
Volunteer rate rises in 2011 (02/23/2012)
Real earnings in January 2012 (02/22/2012)
Consumer prices increase 2.9 percent in 12 months (02/21/2012)
Producer prices in January 2012 (02/17/2012)
Labor Force Projections to 2020 (02/16/2012)
Import and export prices, January 2012 (02/15/2012)
Gross job gains and job losses in the second quarter of 2011 (02/14/2012)
Extended mass layoff events, 2011 (02/13/2012)
Young adults at school and work (02/10/2012)
Major work stoppages in 2011 (02/09/2012)
Job openings in December (02/08/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, December 2011 (02/07/2012)
Employment and unemployment in January 2012 (02/06/2012)
Productivity, output, and hours worked, fourth quarter 2011 (02/03/2012)
Employment projections for major industries, 2010–20 (02/02/2012)
Employment costs in private industry and state and local government, December 2011 (02/01/2012)

January 2012

Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, 2011 (01/31/2012)
Union membership, 2011 (01/30/2012)
Mass layoff events and initial claims decline in 2011 (01/27/2012)
Median weekly earnings, fourth quarter 2011 (01/26/2012)
State employment and unemployment, December 2011 (01/25/2012)
Medical care benefits, March 2011 (01/24/2012)
Real earnings in December 2011 (01/23/2012)
CPI increases 3.0 percent in 2011 (01/20/2012)
Producer prices in December 2011 (01/19/2012)
Top searches on BLS website in 2011 (01/18/2012)
Import and export prices in 2011 (01/17/2012)
Firm size and share of employment change, 1992–2009 (01/13/2012)
Job openings by industry, November 2011 (01/12/2012)
County wages up in second quarter 2011 (01/11/2012)
Women’s earnings as a percent of men’s in 2010 (01/10/2012)
Unemployment rate falls to 8.5 percent in December 2011 (01/09/2012)
Payroll employment increases by 200,000 in December 2011 (01/06/2012)
Metro area employment and unemployment, November 2011 (01/05/2012)
Homicides in retail trade, 2003–2008 (01/04/2012)
Job creation among small and large businesses (01/03/2012)