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February 10, 2012

This Week’s Essential StateImpact

It’s been a busy week here at StateImpact New Hampshire.  Whether it’s looking at utility deregulation, the Dodd-Frank Act, specialty cancer centers or manufacturing in the Granite State, our economic coverage has been rather broad.  Here’s our official roundup of the posts you found most click-worthy. Some Key Arguments For–And Against–Making PSNH Sell Its Generating […]

February 8, 2012

Home Foreclosures Spiked In December

A new report released by the New Hampshire Housing and Finance Authority shows home foreclosures spiked in December 2011–up 35 percent from that November. Jane Law of the Housing Authority says foreclosures have been declining since their peak in 2010, and December’s jump might be an anomaly, “The biggest factor is just mortgage companies are […]

February 7, 2012

Tracing The Great Recession And Recovery Through Help Wanted Ads

After years of speculation on a “jobless recovery,” finally, things could be looking up–at least for the moment.  This week, the Bureau of Labor statistics reported some serious gains on the national jobs front for January, with the creation of 243,000 jobs. While job counts and unemployment numbers are the most common ways to measure […]

January 27, 2012

This Week’s Essential StateImpact

It was a varied news week for the business and economy beat–as our traffic patterns proved.  Our most popular pieces covered issues ranging from the State of the Union address to green jobs to Northern Pass and credit card debt.  So if you missed any of the five key posts our readers are talking about, […]

January 26, 2012

Find Out Where You Are In The 99 Percent

If you move past the front-page headlines, work your way past the daily business news, and descend into the depths of the New York Times website, there’s a reasonable chance you’ll encounter a cool, interactive infographic. And it just so happens that today, we’ve found what we believe to be one of the Times‘ niftiest […]

January 25, 2012

StateImpact Talks Job Growth And The Green Launching Pad

One of our most popular posts this week has been our in-depth look at the economic impact the Green Launching Pad, of an earth-friendly start-up incubator.  The program was created with the help of federal stimulus money.  StateImpact’s Amanda Loder discusses the economic impacts of GLP–and the program’s future–with NHPR’s All Things Considered host Brady […]

Study: NH Ranks #2 In US For Credit Card Debt

Given the Granite State’s reputation as a stalwart of Yankee frugality, a recent bit of reporting from investor blog Wall Street 24/7 caught us a bit by surprise.  The blog quoted a report by credit education site CreditKarma.com.  The site mined data from more than 300,000 users to get a bead on the country’s personal […]

January 24, 2012

Tracing NH’s Slog Toward Economic Recovery

A recent piece in the New York Times lays out what many Americans already believe: For much of the country, economic recovery is a ways off.  Reporter Michael Cooper writes: “Less than a tenth of the nation’s metropolitan areas have regained the jobs they lost in the economic downturn, according to a report… Only 26 […]

January 20, 2012

This Week’s Essential StateImpact

It’s that time of Friday again!  As you’re taking stock of the work you’ve done (or, sadly, have yet to do) before we reach the weekend, we’re offering you a little break.  Here’s our weekly roundup of the business and economy news that drew the most comments and clicks–that Essential StateImpact you won’t want to […]

January 18, 2012

December Unemployment Drop Just More “Good News” For NH Economy

According to an announcement from Governor John Lynch’s office, New Hampshire’s unemployment rate dipped ever-so-slightly to 5.1 percent in December.  That’s compared to 5.2 percent unemployment in November, and a national rate of 8.5 percent. A news release from the Governor’s Office quoted Lynch as saying: “This further decrease in New Hampshire’s unemployment rate is […]

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