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Analysis: Georgia’s FY2026 Figures Show International Companies Behind More Than 9,350 Announced Jobs as Foreign Investment Doubled

Georgia's fiscal 2026 economic-development results, which the state released Sept. 3, show how much of its job pipeline now depends on international companies.

Three Small-Business Data Sets Are Sending Different Hiring Signals

Homebase says small-business hiring turned positive year over year, Paychex calls small-business employment steady, and QuickBooks estimates microbusinesses shed jobs. The reports cover different employers, months and measures, and should not be averaged.
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August Payroll Growth and ADP’s Private-Jobs Estimate Tell Different Parts of the Labor Story

By the NumbersTwo widely watched August employment measures produced very different headline numbers: BLS reported a 162,000 increase in...

Productivity Rose in the Second Quarter While Labor’s Share of Output Hit a Series Low

By the NumbersU.S. nonfarm-business labor productivity increased at a 1.4% annualized rate in the second quarter, while unit labor...