Youth Unemployment – Africa’s Number One Development Challenge
EuQuant’s CEO, Dr. Boston recently spoke at a leadership workshop that included senior political party members of six Southern African Nations. The May 2017 conference […]
Market News
Black Firms Lag in Capacity Growth
Over the last quarter century, the number of Black-owned businesses has grown at a record pace – nearly four times the rate of white-owned businesses. […]
The Rising Economy Tide is Lifting all Boats, Except Black Businesses
Most key economic indicators are positive. Although the Labor Department’s January Jobs Report did not show stellar job growth during the month of December, the […]
Euquant Analysis: An Investigation of New Firm Growth (Part-2)
This is the second part of our on-going series where we examine the Survey of Business Owners (SBO) in detail and discuss how it can be […]
Euquant Business Analysis: How do I Assess Opportunity in the Job Market?
*Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program, U.S. Department of Labor, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is a continuation of our most recent post which explored […]
Euquant Business Analysis: Where will the jobs be in 2022?
*Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program, U.S. Department of Labor, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. As the service sector continues to be the driving force behind […]
Sizzling Labor Market Recovery Shifts Focus to Fed Action(8/1/14)
The labor market continued a sizzling pace of economic recovery in July. The economy created 209,000 new jobs while the unemployment rate edged up only […]
Economic Recovery Breaks New Ground – it’s Normal! (7/3/14)
After meandering through five years of uncharacteristic performance, the last several months signal economic growth has finally hit a normal stride. For three consecutive months […]
Trickle-down Growth is not enough for Blacks and Hispanic(6/23/14)
Following the devastating effects of the last recession slow job recovery, government macroeconomic policies have concentrated almost exclusively on growing the economy. However, to restore […]
The US Economy is on a New Roll (5/8/2014)
The Labor Department’s Monthly Employment Report confirmed the US economy is no longer crawling but galloping forward; it created 192,000 new jobs in March. Unemployment remained at 6.7% and did not increase, despite one-third of a million workers re-entering the labor force.