Business Environment | COVID-19 | Senior Housing | Workforce
By: Beth Mace | April 01, 2022
As the economy continues to move back toward normalcy and away from the pandemic, the Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls rose by 431,000 in March 2022. The data suggest that the war in Ukraine and the surge in oil prices has not dampened hiring activity.
Business Environment | COVID-19 | Senior Housing | Workforce
By: Beth Mace | March 07, 2022
The Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls rose by 678,000 in February 2022. This was stronger than market expectations of an increase of 423,000 and occurred despite the impact of omicron on the economy. Revisions added 92,000 to total payrolls in the previous two months. Nevertheless, nonfarm payrolls were still down by 2.1 million or 1.4% from their pre-pandemic level in February 2020.
By: Beth Mace | February 04, 2022
The Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls rose by 467,000 in January 2022. This was stronger than market expectations of an increase of 125,000 and occurred despite the impact of Omicron on the economy. Many analysts had expected the employment numbers to be negatively affected by absenteeism and self-isolation driven by the Omicron virus wave.
Market Trends | NIC MAP Vision | Senior Housing
By: Beth Mace | January 26, 2022
NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-January on key seniors housing data trends during the fourth quarter of 2021. Findings were presented by the NIC Analytics research team. Key takeaways included the following: