Friday Factday
A closer look at a topics using local-level data, published on Fridays
Friday Factday: A Toy (Spending) Story
The holiday season is upon us! It is a time for festivities and gift giving among friends and family--which means an increase in household spending. According to polling by Gallup, average holiday spending per [...]
Friday Factday: National and Regional Educational Levels–
Attaining, but Barely Gaining (on the “Asks” of the Job Market)
Adults are far better educated "now" than they were in previous generations--higher and higher shares are going to, and completing, college. And this level of education is crucial, as recent Burning Glass data indicate [...]
Friday Factday: New SAIPE Income and Poverty Data–
The Right Direction, yet Challenges Remain
Incomes in the Atlanta metro area are growing again...just not very quickly, and a great deal more in some counties than in others. Data from the last three years show recovery from the slight [...]
Friday Factday: New BLS Job Data–Atlanta Slowing but Growing
The Atlanta metro economy is in really good shape, and we rank highly among competing metros in terms of job growth. In the latest data, higher wage job sectors such as Professional & Business [...]
Friday Factday: Metro Atlanta Speaks 2017
This week's Friday Factday provides a preview of the results from this year's Metro Atlanta Speaks survey. Each year, ARC and its community partners conduct the Metro Atlanta Speaks public opinion survey to take the [...]