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New Mexico Labor Market: February 1949, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Jan 1949

New Mexico Labor Market: February 1949, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Historic Publications

This report documents New Mexico's labor market conditions, highlighting seasonal employment growth across most industries. It includes statewide employment statistics, hours and earnings data, and detailed reports on employment prospects, labor supply, occupational shortages, and housing conditions in local labor market areas throughout the state.

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New Mexico Labor Market: July - August 1949, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Jan 1949

New Mexico Labor Market: July - August 1949, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Historic Publications

This report documents New Mexico's labor market conditions, highlighting seasonal employment growth across most industries. It includes statewide employment statistics, hours and earnings data, and detailed reports on employment prospects, labor supply, occupational shortages, and housing conditions in local labor market areas throughout the state.

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New Mexico Labor Market: September 1949, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Jan 1949

New Mexico Labor Market: September 1949, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Historic Publications

This report documents New Mexico's labor market conditions, highlighting seasonal employment growth across most industries. It includes statewide employment statistics, hours and earnings data, and detailed reports on employment prospects, labor supply, occupational shortages, and housing conditions in local labor market areas throughout the state.

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New Mexico Labor Market: October - November 1949, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Jan 1949

New Mexico Labor Market: October - November 1949, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Historic Publications

This report documents New Mexico's labor market conditions, highlighting seasonal employment growth across most industries. It includes statewide employment statistics, hours and earnings data, and detailed reports on employment prospects, labor supply, occupational shortages, and housing conditions in local labor market areas throughout the state.

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New Mexico Labor Market: May - June 1949, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Jan 1949

New Mexico Labor Market: May - June 1949, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

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This report documents New Mexico's labor market conditions, highlighting seasonal employment growth across most industries. It includes statewide employment statistics, hours and earnings data, and detailed reports on employment prospects, labor supply, occupational shortages, and housing conditions in local labor market areas throughout the state.

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New Mexico Business: January 1949, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Jan 1949

New Mexico Business: January 1949, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

Historic Publications

This report documents mixed economic signals across New Mexico, with retail sales rising despite declining consumer prices and uneven performance across districts. Employment, production, and most banking indicators continued to show year‑over‑year growth, though emerging inconsistencies suggested the state economy might be nearing a turning point.

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New Mexico Business: December 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Dec 1948

New Mexico Business: December 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

Historic Publications

This issue reports that New Mexico’s retail sales in October 1948 reached new highs despite typical seasonal declines, driven largely by higher prices and increased employment.

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Employment Security Commission_November 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Nov 1948

Employment Security Commission_November 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Monthly Bulletin of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (November 1948) provides a comprehensive review of employment trends, unemployment compensation activity, veterans' benefits, employment service operations, and employer coverage in New Mexico during November 1948. The report notes that payments under the GI Bill continued to decrease as veterans exhausted their eligibility and transitioned into covered employment under the state unemployment compensation system. Special attention is given to employment changes in the construction and trade sectors, where seasonal layoffs contributed substantially to unemployment claims. The bulletin also discusses interstate unemployment compensation arrangements that provided benefits to workers returning to …

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New Mexico Business: November 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Nov 1948

New Mexico Business: November 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

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The report documents emerging signs of weakening retail markets across the nation and documents a notable statewide decline in New Mexico’s September retail sales, with decreases occurring in twenty‑two of thirty‑one counties.

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Employment Security Commission_October 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Oct 1948

Employment Security Commission_October 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Monthly Bulletin of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (October 1948) provides a detailed examination of employment conditions, unemployment compensation activity, veterans' benefits, employment service operations, and employer coverage in New Mexico during October 1948. A featured article highlights National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week and the state's efforts to expand employment opportunities for workers with disabilities. Working with state and federal agencies, the Employment Security Commission promoted awareness among employers regarding the skills and capabilities of disabled workers.

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New Mexico Business: October 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Oct 1948

New Mexico Business: October 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

Historic Publications

This report describes broad statewide economic expansion in 1948, with retail sales, employment, construction, and service activity all rising sharply compared with the previous year.

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Employment Security Commission_September 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Sep 1948

Employment Security Commission_September 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Monthly Bulletin of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (September 1948) presents a detailed analysis of labor market conditions, agricultural labor mobilization, unemployment compensation, veterans' benefits, employment service activities, and employer coverage in New Mexico during September 1948. A featured article examines the state's cotton industry, identified as New Mexico's most important crop after livestock. The Employment Security Commission describes extensive efforts to recruit and direct workers to cotton-growing regions during an unusually early harvest season, including statewide publicity campaigns, labor recruitment drives, and the establishment of information stations to guide migrant workers to farms.

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New Mexico Business: September 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Sep 1948

New Mexico Business: September 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

Historic Publications

The report highlights broad increases in retail sales, banking activity, and employment, though it cautions that inflation makes some gains “more apparent than real.” As stated, “Measures of economic activity in New Mexico appear to be following the State’s motto — ‘We grow as we go.’”

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Employment Security Commission_August 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Aug 1948

Employment Security Commission_August 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Monthly Bulletin of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (August 1948) presents statistical and analytical information on employment conditions, unemployment compensation, veterans' benefits, and employer coverage in New Mexico during August 1948. The bulletin features a special study comparing covered employment and wages in 1940 and 1948, demonstrating substantial growth in both employment and earnings during the wartime and postwar years. The bulletin also provides detailed data on unemployment compensation and veterans' allowance payments, county-level benefit distributions, local employment office activities, claims processing, and employer coverage by county and industry. As a historical labor market publication, the report documents …

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New Mexico Business: August 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Aug 1948

New Mexico Business: August 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

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This issue of New Mexico Business reviews economic conditions in New Mexico during mid-1948, focusing on retail sales, employment, banking activity, industrial production, construction, petroleum output, and regional business trends. It analyzes how inflation, manufacturing growth, and changing consumer activity affected business conditions across the state's counties and economic districts.

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New Mexico Business: July 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Jul 1948

New Mexico Business: July 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

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This report reviews New Mexico's business conditions in mid-1948, highlighting retail trade, employment, banking activity, agriculture, and construction trends. It also includes studies of long-term growth in nonagricultural employment and the historical development and economic significance of metallic mining within the state.

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New Mexico Business: June 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Jun 1948

New Mexico Business: June 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

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This report reviews New Mexico's economic conditions during spring 1948, emphasizing retail trade, employment growth, banking activity, agriculture, and industrial production. It also contains a feature article on the development of New Mexico's petroleum industry, tracing its expansion, production trends, reserves, and significance to the state's economy.

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New Mexico Business: May 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research May 1948

New Mexico Business: May 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

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The report analyzes uneven business conditions in early 1948, highlighting declines in March retail sales and subsistence-related trade alongside strong gains in building materials, petroleum production, and electric power output.

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New Mexico Business: April 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Apr 1948

New Mexico Business: April 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

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This issue of New Mexico Business provides a monthly analysis of economic conditions in New Mexico during early 1948, examining retail sales, electric power production, petroleum output, banking activity, construction, and employment trends. It also introduces a new retail sales classification system and offers regional comparisons of business activity across the state's economic districts.

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Employment Security Commission_March 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Mar 1948

Employment Security Commission_March 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Monthly Bulletin of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (March 1948) presents a detailed analysis of employment conditions, unemployment compensation, veterans' readjustment allowances, and employment service activities in New Mexico during March 1948. A featured article introduces a new cooperative program between the Employment Security Commission and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to produce current employment estimates for major industry groups, including manufacturing, mining, transportation and utilities, trade, finance and real estate, and services. Extensive statistical tables provide county-level benefit data, local employment office activities, unemployment compensation claims, veterans' claims, and employer coverage information. As a historical resource, …

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New Mexico Business: March 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Mar 1948

New Mexico Business: March 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

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This report states that early‑1948 business activity in New Mexico showed mostly seasonal declines from December and January, while year‑over‑year comparisons indicated continued economic expansion across retail sales, electric power production, petroleum output, and business formation.

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Employment Security Commission_February 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Feb 1948

Employment Security Commission_February 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Monthly Bulletin of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (February 1948) provides a detailed account of labor market conditions, employment service operations, unemployment compensation activity, veterans' benefits, and employer coverage in New Mexico during February 1948. The bulletin documents the return of agricultural placement services to the Commission and discusses efforts to recruit and place farm labor both within New Mexico and in neighboring western states. Statistical sections include county-level unemployment compensation and veterans' benefit payments, employment service activities, claims processing data, employer coverage statistics, and industry distributions of covered employment and benefit payments. The publication serves as an …

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New Mexico Business: February 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Feb 1948

New Mexico Business: February 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

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The report documents exceptionally high business activity in early 1948, with retail sales reaching 421% of the 1939 monthly average and petroleum production up nearly 20% over the prior year.

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Education And Living, Ralph Borsodi Jan 1948

Education And Living, Ralph Borsodi

School of Living Books

In Education and Living, a two-volume work, Borsodi elaborated the model of the School of Living. Most of volume one consists of a critique of “mis-education.” Most of that critique focuses on the problems of centralization; centralization of industry, the economy, politics and education. The second volume of Education and Living explains Borsodi’s vision of achieving decentralization in detail. The second volume is in two parts: Right-Education and Re-Education. It explains how to educate for the “Normal” human being and for achieving the “Normal” way of living. This is not the “normal” of the bell curve, the average of a …

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Employment Security Commission_April-May 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Jan 1948

Employment Security Commission_April-May 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Monthly Bulletin of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (April-May 1948) presents a detailed account of employment service operations, unemployment compensation activity, veterans' benefit programs, and employer coverage in New Mexico during April and May 1948. Prepared by the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico in cooperation with the Bureau of Business Research at the University of New Mexico, the bulletin documents labor market conditions during a period of sustained postwar economic expansion. Statistical tables provide county-level and industry-specific data on unemployment compensation payments, veterans' readjustment allowances, employment service placements, employer registrations, claims activity, and local office operations. The …

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Employment Security Commission_January 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Jan 1948

Employment Security Commission_January 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Monthly Bulletin of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (January 1948) presents a comprehensive review of employment conditions, unemployment compensation, veterans' readjustment allowances, self-employment claims, employment service activities, and employer coverage in New Mexico during January 1948. Detailed statistical tables provide county-level distributions of unemployment compensation and veterans' allowance payments, local employment office activities, employer registrations, and industry-specific benefit payments. A special summary of 1947 benefit payments by county documents the statewide impact of unemployment compensation and veterans' readjustment allowances during the first full postwar year. The publication serves as an important historical source for understanding labor market conditions, …

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Employment Security Commission_June-July 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Jan 1948

Employment Security Commission_June-July 1948, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Monthly Bulletin of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (June and July 1948) presents a comprehensive review of employment security activities, unemployment compensation, veterans' benefits, agricultural labor programs, and employment service operations in New Mexico during June and July 1948. The bulletin highlights the impact of federal budget reductions on Employment Security Agency operations, including staff layoffs and reductions in local services, at a time when nonagricultural employment had reached a record high and agricultural labor demand was increasing. The bulletin also includes six-month summaries of local office activities and industry placement trends, demonstrating the importance of construction, trade, …

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New Mexico Business: January 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Jan 1948

New Mexico Business: January 1948, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

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The report introduces the Review of New Mexico Business, outlining its purpose, statistical series, and district reporting system designed to track statewide economic conditions.

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Employment Security Commission_December 1947, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Dec 1947

Employment Security Commission_December 1947, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Monthly Bulletin of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (August 1948) presents statistical and analytical information on employment conditions, unemployment compensation, veterans' benefits, and employer coverage in New Mexico during August 1948. The bulletin features a special study comparing covered employment and wages in 1940 and 1948, demonstrating substantial growth in both employment and earnings during the wartime and postwar years. The bulletin also provides detailed data on unemployment compensation and veterans' allowance payments, county-level benefit distributions, local employment office activities, claims processing, and employer coverage by county and industry. As a historical labor market publication, the report documents …

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Employment Security Commission_November 1947, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico Nov 1947

Employment Security Commission_November 1947, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Monthly Bulletin of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (November 1947) provides a comprehensive overview of employment trends, unemployment compensation activity, veterans' readjustment allowances, employment service operations, and employer coverage in New Mexico during November 1947. The bulletin further announces a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics under which the Employment Security Commission would begin producing state employment estimates in 1948. Extensive statistical tables provide county-level benefit distributions, employment service activities, self-employed veterans' claims, unemployment compensation claims, and employer coverage data. The publication serves as an important historical source for understanding postwar economic growth, labor market …

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