Charlie Arlinghaus October 10, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Elections are about making choices but often the information we use to make those choices is misleading or confusing. This is particularly true in the area of the New Hampshire budget where mythical information passes for fact all the time. The […]
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2012-10-11 17:21:502018-08-28 19:12:00How a Balanced Budget Created a Deficit
Today the Bureau of Labor and Statistics released the September Jobs Report, which saw the unemployment rate drop to 7.8%. Like all of our previous Monthly Jobs Report analyses, we take a closer look at the data beyond the unemployment rate. Below are this month’s takeaways: 1. All of the metrics show modest improvement Looking […]
https://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.png00Joshua Elliott-Traficantehttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngJoshua Elliott-Traficante2012-10-05 17:28:202018-08-28 19:12:10Three Takeaways from the September Jobs Report
Charlie Arlinghaus October 3, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Two weeks ago, the state board of education denied every charter school application before them citing a financial problem that didn’t exist. Further their action circumvented legislation and calls into question whether they should be permitted to continue in their role […]
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2012-10-04 14:03:132018-08-28 19:12:26The State Board Should Act Immediately to Show Good Faith on Charters
The New Hampshire Retirement System announced Friday that the pension fund posted a 0.9% gain for Fiscal Year 2012. Preliminary estimates had projected a 0.7% gain, but upon the final calculation for the fund’s real estate and alternative assets, the rate of return was revised upward. In the quarterly investment highlights, the system also published […]
Charlie Arlinghaus September 26, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Budgets are a discipline we force upon politicians who have trouble controlling themselves. Left to themselves, politicians will promise you the moon without telling you about the new moon tax they have to impose to pay for it. On Earth, the […]
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2012-09-27 15:00:142018-08-28 19:12:34Politicians need discipline forced on them by budgets
According to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statics, New Hampshire’s unemployment rate increased from 5.4% to 5.7% for the month of August. As with the national unemployment rate released by the Bureau, the unemployment rate is only one of many data points published in the monthly jobs report. The data not commonly discussed […]
https://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.png00Joshua Elliott-Traficantehttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngJoshua Elliott-Traficante2012-09-25 20:30:552018-08-28 19:12:44New Hampshire Unemployment Rate Jumps to 5.7% in August
Charlie Arlinghaus September 19, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader In a few weeks, Maine will finish a $44 million project to extend a money-losing commuter train and lose even more money. Fortunately, retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe got them money in the federal budget to fund their profligacy. Some politicians in […]
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2012-09-21 02:30:372018-08-28 06:19:09Highways Pay for Themselves, Trains Don’t
According to the foreclosure tracking firm RealtyTrac, New Hampshire saw 688 foreclosure filings for the month of August, which was slightly higher than previous month. For August, one out of every 894 residential dwellings in the state received a notice of either bank repossession or foreclosure auction, better than the national average of one in […]
https://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.png00Joshua Elliott-Traficantehttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngJoshua Elliott-Traficante2012-09-20 18:00:172018-08-28 19:12:51New Hampshire Saw Slight Increase in Foreclosures in August
Charlie Arlinghaus September 12, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader What you think you know is often wrong. We are bombarded in election season with facts that aren’t facts and conclusions that are so convenient to our worldview that checking them against the facts would be inconvenient. More important to most […]
00Charles M. Arlinghaushttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngCharles M. Arlinghaus2012-09-13 16:07:482018-08-28 19:14:27Quit whining and check your facts
Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its August jobs report, which showed that the unemployment rate dropped from 8.3% to 8.1%, and payroll grew by 96,000. Economists had predicted somewhere between 120,000 and 140,000 jobs, with a growth of 150,000 jobs a month needed just to keep up with natural population growth. However, despite […]
https://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.png00Joshua Elliott-Traficantehttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngJoshua Elliott-Traficante2012-09-07 17:30:062018-08-28 19:14:36August Unemployment Report: Rate drops, but Data Tells a Different Story
How a Balanced Budget Created a Deficit
BUDGETCharlie Arlinghaus October 10, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Elections are about making choices but often the information we use to make those choices is misleading or confusing. This is particularly true in the area of the New Hampshire budget where mythical information passes for fact all the time. The […]
Three Takeaways from the September Jobs Report
BETTER GOVERNMENTToday the Bureau of Labor and Statistics released the September Jobs Report, which saw the unemployment rate drop to 7.8%. Like all of our previous Monthly Jobs Report analyses, we take a closer look at the data beyond the unemployment rate. Below are this month’s takeaways: 1. All of the metrics show modest improvement Looking […]
The State Board Should Act Immediately to Show Good Faith on Charters
EDUCATIONCharlie Arlinghaus October 3, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Two weeks ago, the state board of education denied every charter school application before them citing a financial problem that didn’t exist. Further their action circumvented legislation and calls into question whether they should be permitted to continue in their role […]
Retirement System Posts 0.9% Return for 2012
BUDGETThe New Hampshire Retirement System announced Friday that the pension fund posted a 0.9% gain for Fiscal Year 2012. Preliminary estimates had projected a 0.7% gain, but upon the final calculation for the fund’s real estate and alternative assets, the rate of return was revised upward. In the quarterly investment highlights, the system also published […]
Politicians need discipline forced on them by budgets
BUDGETCharlie Arlinghaus September 26, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader Budgets are a discipline we force upon politicians who have trouble controlling themselves. Left to themselves, politicians will promise you the moon without telling you about the new moon tax they have to impose to pay for it. On Earth, the […]
New Hampshire Unemployment Rate Jumps to 5.7% in August
BETTER GOVERNMENTAccording to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statics, New Hampshire’s unemployment rate increased from 5.4% to 5.7% for the month of August. As with the national unemployment rate released by the Bureau, the unemployment rate is only one of many data points published in the monthly jobs report. The data not commonly discussed […]
Highways Pay for Themselves, Trains Don’t
TRANSPORTATIONCharlie Arlinghaus September 19, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader In a few weeks, Maine will finish a $44 million project to extend a money-losing commuter train and lose even more money. Fortunately, retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe got them money in the federal budget to fund their profligacy. Some politicians in […]
New Hampshire Saw Slight Increase in Foreclosures in August
BETTER GOVERNMENTAccording to the foreclosure tracking firm RealtyTrac, New Hampshire saw 688 foreclosure filings for the month of August, which was slightly higher than previous month. For August, one out of every 894 residential dwellings in the state received a notice of either bank repossession or foreclosure auction, better than the national average of one in […]
Quit whining and check your facts
BETTER GOVERNMENTCharlie Arlinghaus September 12, 2012 As originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader What you think you know is often wrong. We are bombarded in election season with facts that aren’t facts and conclusions that are so convenient to our worldview that checking them against the facts would be inconvenient. More important to most […]
August Unemployment Report: Rate drops, but Data Tells a Different Story
BETTER GOVERNMENTToday the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its August jobs report, which showed that the unemployment rate dropped from 8.3% to 8.1%, and payroll grew by 96,000. Economists had predicted somewhere between 120,000 and 140,000 jobs, with a growth of 150,000 jobs a month needed just to keep up with natural population growth. However, despite […]