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| Even as the economy reopens, Whatcom County residents are still losing jobs. Here’s why | Unemployment and jobless data will probably continue to bounce around quite a bit, said Hart Hodges, co-director at the at Western… |
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| ‘Gig economy’ workers struggle in COVID-19 world amid scant access to benefits | "Knowing how important they are, knowing how vulnerable they are, I think we’re now at the start of a new conversation," said Hart Hodges, who runs the Center for Economic and Business Research via Western Washington University. |
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| State’s job market takes hit from coronavirus, Whatcom expected to quickly rise | Hart Hodges is one of those bracing for a spike in job losses. Hodges, the co-director at the y, said after that… |
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| Here’s how many Whatcom County jobs offer annual salaries of $100,000 or more | Whatcom County also trails the national average in terms of adding six-figure salaries. Between 2015-2018, the percentage increase of that salary level rose 79.7%; the national average increase for the same period was 84.6%. One factor for Whatcom’s slower increase is that this area has… |
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| Coronavirus is taking a toll on the Puget Sound-area economy, but how bad could it get? | Hart Hodges, an economist at Western Washington University and director of the Center for Economic and Business Research, said he will be watching for a similar dynamic among consumers. “If people do not go out to eat as much, restaurant owners and wait staff [will] see a drop in revenue… |
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| Whatcom bankruptcies continue to drop, but are residents still financially stressed? | If household debt is rising in Whatcom County, that is something to monitor, said Hart Hodges, director at Western Washington University’s Center for Economic and Business Research. More debt can work if income is going up so that it can be serviced appropriately, and that can be a sign of… |
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| Whatcom’s unemployment rate is on the rise, but is that a bad sign for job market? | Hart Hodges agreed, saying more people seem to be moving here with a belief they can find work. Hodges is the co-director at the … |
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| Whatcom County’s job growth is among the best in the U.S. Here’s why | On July 30 USA Today with the best employment growth between May 2014 and May 2019. The… |
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| How the candidates for mayor plan to solve Bellingham’s housing crisis | µþ±ð±ô±ô¾±²Ô²µ³ó²¹³¾â€™s&²Ô²ú²õ±è;, conducted by the … |