Monthly Archives: January 2021

From Marketplace: Are we in a housing bubble?  Pending homes sales continued falling in December, the National Association of Realtors said Friday. Sales of existing homes that are under contract but haven’t closed dipped 0.3% from the previous month, the fourth … Continue reading →

From the Star Ledger: N.J. teachers ‘next up to bat’ for COVID vaccine eligibility, Murphy says. He hasn’t said when. New Jersey teachers are “next up to bat” to receive a vaccination for the coronavirus when eligibility expands, Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday. But … Continue reading →

From ROI-NJ: Is it time to reconsider regional reopening plan? New Jersey Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Bracken said he had little hope when his organization approached Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration about a regional reopening plan last summer. His inclination proved … Continue reading →

From NJ Insider: NJDOL: State Unemployment Rate At 7.6% Preliminary estimates produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that total nonfarm wage and salary employment in New Jersey decreased in December by 7,700 to reach a seasonally adjusted … Continue reading →

From CNBC: Yellen says U.S. must ‘act big’ on next coronavirus relief package Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to run the Treasury Department, will tell the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday that the government must “act big” with its next … Continue reading →

From the Star Ledger: N.J.’s vaccination rate is the worst in the Northeast. See how other states compare. 

From the Star Ledger: N.J. unemployment exceeds 1.9 million filings since March. $300 payments hit bank accounts next week.  More than 1.9 million unemployment claims have filed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-March, and new claims are starting to … Continue reading →

From NJ Spotlight: Murphy hails new tax break law as investment in state’s economy Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law on Thursday a massive, $14 billion corporate tax-break bill that he said will help foster a stronger state economic recovery … Continue reading →

From Mansion Global: U.S. Home Inventory Hits Historic Lows Booming demand for U.S. homes drove the number of properties for sale to new lows in December, according to a report on Thursday.  Nationwide, the number of homes for sale fell … Continue reading →

From the Hill: Five metro areas with highest 2020 move outs located in NY, NJ: study The five metro areas with the highest move outs in 2020 were located in New York and New Jersey, according to a study from … Continue reading →

From the NY Post: Alarming number of US health care workers are refusing COVID-19 vaccine U.S. health care workers are first in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine — but an alarming number across the country are refusing to do … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! Remember, the new normal is always better than the old normal. From Bloomberg: New Jersey Minimum Wage Increasing to $12/Hour, Faces Criticism New Jersey’s minimum wage will rise to $12 per hour on Friday even as businesses … Continue reading →