The contrast with national manufacturing employment (total, not just production and nonsupervisory, which is declining).
Category Archives: Wisconsin
Midwest Manufacturing Malaise, Continued
Manufacturing employment in the three states that delivered the presidency to Trump is declining, continuing the trend from last month.
Wisconsin Civilian Labor Force Growth during the “Open for Business” Era
Remember February 2011, when Governor Walker declared this?
Winning: Midwest Manufacturing Employment
Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin drop, as US manufacturing employment rises.
Glasnost in Wisconsin, Perestroika to Come?
The Walker Administration tried to hide lackluster economic progress with the suppression of the Wisconsin Economic Outlook, for nearly 4 years (strangely, just like in Brownback’s Kansas). The new Evers administration has resumed publication, and added a set of nifty interactive tools.
Glasnost In Wisconsin
After a hiatus of nearly 4 years, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue has resumed publication of the Wisconsin Economic Outlook, as of yesterday.
What Did $1.4 Billion Buy in Manufacturing Employment?
Not much…Wisconsin manufacturing employment up to February; January revised down…
Employment Growth in the Last Year of Walker’s Wisconsin
The benchmark revisions halved the 2018 growth rate from 1.64% to 0.82%.
Figure 1: Wisconsin nonfarm payroll employment from December 2018 release (red), from January 2019 release (blue), in 000’s, s.a. Light green shading denotes benchmarked data. Source: BLS.
Walker’s Wisconsin Manufacturing Renaissance Revised Away (Again)
Or. Oops. (Again).
What Has the Wisconsin Manufacturing and Agriculture Credit Wrought?
Has manufacturing value added increased above what was expected, in response to the (costly) Manufacturing and Agriculture Credit? Comparing against Minnesota (which did not implement such a measure) suggests no.