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Shifting Job Trends in Central Arkansas Economy
The biggest changes were in the wholesale trade and especially the transportation-warehouse-utility sectors.
“There are signs of structural economic change underway,” Metroplan said in a December report, pointing to the area’s manufacturing and logistics sectors in particular.
However, due to inflation, the survey shows that businesses still expect to pay higher wages for the workers they are holding onto.
America’s employers added a solid 223,000 jobs in December, but last month’s gain was the smallest in two years.
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