Employers across the Southeast are holding headcount steady while still struggling to find specialized, technical and skilled-trade workers, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's section of the October Beige Book, released Oct. 14.
U.S. job growth in 2026 has become broader than last year's health-care-driven gains, but economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta say that is not the same as a decisive turnaround. Two pieces the bank published this week, an Oct. 13 industry analysis and an Oct.
