I am working on a project and the issue of regulation came up. I piped up about executive order v. legislative acts. I got told to go find data and I did.
Legislative Acts v. Executive Orders
ND Wages and Unemployment Benefits
I take a look at the local data and the issue of the level of benefits compared to local wages.
Different Looks at Initial Claims in ND
I offer up some other ways to look at the scale of the problem of unemployment claims in North Dakota in the hopes of helping policy discussions.
Initial Unemployment Claims – Week 9
While on the Jarrod Thomas Show (1310 KNOX AM Grand Forks) I updated the claims by industry graph. Multi-tasking!
Updated Initial Claims Data-Week 8
I updated the initial claims data for North Dakota since we will get a look at the new data tomorrow.