Blog Entries from April 2012

Economic Briefing April 24, 2012: STEM Across the “Gen(d)erations”

Submitted on April 24, 2012 - 4:43pm

Figure 1 Female Share of College Graduates by Generation and STEM Degree, 2010 Last year, ESA issued a series of reports on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) employment. Newer data are now available and we updated some key results from these reports. Overall, the new data reaffirm the importance of STEM jobs to the U.S.

Economic Indicator: Retail Sales Growth Strong Over Past 12 Months

Submitted on April 16, 2012 - 5:19pm

Increase in Retail Sales by Select Establishment Type

Small-and-medium-sized Companies Increasingly Contribute to U.S. Exports

Submitted on April 13, 2012 - 10:44am

Number of Identified U.S. Companies Exporting

Intellectual Property-Intensive Industries Contribute $5 Trillion, 40 Million Jobs to US Economy

Submitted on April 11, 2012 - 4:46pm

Guest blog post by Deputy Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank

The U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry: Roaring Back in 2012

Submitted on April 10, 2012 - 3:17pm

By any variety of measures, the U.S. motor vehicle industry has made a remarkable comeback after experiencing an incredibly deep decline during the most recent recession. To answer the question of “just how much the motor vehicle industry has comeback?,” this blog examines the recent increases in production, employment, exports, and sales.

Production:

Motor Vehicle Assemblies

Vehicle Sales Start Strong in 2012

Submitted on April 4, 2012 - 4:37pm

Quarterly Vehicle Sales

Economic Indicators

Economics and Statistics Administration