June 23, 2022

Announcements

Quarter 1, 2022 Cost of Living Index Released

Among the 262 urban areas that participated in the first quarter 2022 Cost of Living Index, the after-tax cost for a professional/managerial standard of living ranged from more than twice the national average in New York (Manhattan) NY to more than 20 percent below the national average in Kalamazoo, MI.  The Cost of Living Index is published quarterly by C2ER – The Council for Community and Economic Research.

News & Reports

Headlines

• Forbes – Developing The Most In-Demand Skills For The Future Of Work
• National Association of Counties – Deadline Approaching for DOD Funding of County Infrastructure and Economic Development Projects
• NPR – What Tiny Towns in Rural America Can Teach the Cities About Adaptation
• Route Fifty – What’s Next for the State and Local Government Workforce
• Smart Solutions – How State Governments Can Help Distressed Places
• University of Vermont – Taking the Pulse of Diversity Issues and Boosting the Vermont Workforce

Reports – From Our Members

• Census Bureau – Asia Aging: Demographic, Economic, and Health Transitions
• Census Bureau – Regardless of Household Type, LGBT Adults Struggled More With Mental Health Than Non-LGBT Adults
• W.E. Upjohn Institute – How State Governments Can Target Job Opportunities to Distressed Places

Reports – Non-members

• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Employer Costs for Employee Compensation
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – State Employment and Unemployment
• Solarwinds – Getting IT Right: Managing Hybrid IT Complexity: Global Key Findings and Survey Overview
• Wayfinder – Putting SEL to Work: Moving Through COVID-19 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution with Purpose

ICYMI

• Employee Benefit News – Gen Z on Gen Z: What Your Young Employees Really Think of the Future of Work
• Governing – Why Many Poor Neighborhoods Fear Development
• Greater Greater Washington – Understanding Why the Region Grapples With Unequal Access to TOD
• PBS Newshour – Americans Struggle With the High Cost of Living Amid Record Inflation
• Small Cities Dive – Micromobility Operators Expand Their Footprint in Small and Midsized Cities

Data Visualization

Visualizing the State of Global Debt, by Country  

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