9 February 2021 - Jacqueline Pitts (The Lane Report)
On Tuesday, The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce released the first of a new series of quarterly reports, “Kentucky’s Economic Recovery: A Quarterly Update of Workforce, Employment, State GDP, and Exports‘,” to track Kentucky’s economic recovery in partnership with the University of Kentucky Center for Business and Economic Research.
3 February 2021 - UKNow
Describing the many ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic affected Kentucky’s economy, the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) — the applied economic research branch of the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky — released its 49th Kentucky Annual Economic Report today.
3 February 2021 - Steve Rogers (WTVQ)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Public Affairs) — Describing the many ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic affected Kentucky’s economy, the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) — the applied economic research branch of the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky — released its 49th Kentucky Annual Economic Report.
Released Wednesday, the report is one of the many ways CBER fulfills its mandated mission as specified in the Kentucky Revised Statutes to examine various aspects of the Kentucky economy.
22 January 2021 - Northern KY Tribune
21 January 2021 - UKNow
The University of Kentucky will host the 32nd annual Economic Outlook Conference, sponsored by Central Bank, Wednesday, Feb. 3. The conference will be offered from 8:30 a.m.-noon as a webinar. Registration is required, but the registration fee has been waived.
21 January 2021 - Garrett Wymer (WKYT)
She’s educated, qualified and available - yet Lori Rivera still can’t find a job.
“It all kind of boils down to, if I didn’t have my boyfriend and my family, I’d be destitute,” Rivera said. “I’d be out in a tent somewhere. So I really don’t know what the disconnect is in being able to find a job.”
14 January 2021 - Garrett Wymer (WKYT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The economy is beginning to bounce back as we approach one year since the start of the pandemic in Kentucky. But some industries have a long road ahead of them.
Many in the hospitality industry say they have just been trying to hang on.
“If you had to use a word,” said Pam Avery, general manager of Embassy Suites Lexington Green and president of the Bluegrass Hospitality Association, “it would be survival.”
22 December 2020 - News Democrat & Leader
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary November 2020 unemployment rate was 5.6 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (EWDC).
The preliminary November 2020 jobless rate was down 1.7 percentage points from October 2020 and up 1.3 percentage points from the 4.3 percent recorded for the state one year ago.
19 December 2020 - Northern Kentucky Tribune
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary November 2020 unemployment rate was 5.6 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (EWDC).
The preliminary November 2020 jobless rate was down 1.7 percentage points from October 2020 and up 1.3 percentage points from the 4.3 percent recorded for the state one year ago.
17 December 2020 - Tom Latek (Kentucky Today)
FRANKFORT (KY) — Kentucky’s unemployment rate last month had a significant drop from October, but still remains above the pre-pandemic level of a year ago, according to figures released by the Kentucky Center for Statistics on Thursday.
The preliminary November 2020 unemployment rate was 5.6%, down 1.7 percentage points from the previous month, but up 1.3 percentage points from the 4.3% recorded for the state in November 2019.