... followed by Nebraska's 4.4 percent jobless rate, Wyoming's 4.5 percent and South Dakota's 4.8 percent. Ken Mayland, an economist at ClearView Economics, said he thinks those states are benefiting from growth in agriculture-related ...

... rise Friday, that was because of supply concerns rather than moves in the dollar. "Things are a little brighter," Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics, said of all the developments. "The economy is seen as doing a little bit better ...

... stock indexes all finished with gains of more than 3 percent. "Certainty is going to replace uncertainty," said Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics, referring to the election results. In another sign of the dismal economy, the ...

... 000 jobs. "Hurricane Floyd huffed and puffed and blew a lot of jobs away in September," said KeyCorp economist Ken Mayland. Many analysts expected companies to add 220,000 jobs. In August, businesses added 103,000 jobs to their payrolls ...

... economists believe is the most that can be sustained without sparking inflation. "That's the fly in the ointment," said Ken Mayland, an economist with KeyCorp. With projections for continuing strong economic growth ahead, many economists believe ...

... growth is exploding, which is something the Federal Reserve would be on the lookout for," said KeyCorp economist Ken Mayland. Economists always keep a close eye on wage and job growth. While wage and job gains are good developments for workers ...

... 86 percent from 5.90 percent from Thursday. "This is hard evidence that the economy is slowing," said economist Ken Mayland of ClearView Economics. Looking at both the May and June figures, job growth is moderating, he said. "This gives ...

... move, a cut, could come in the second half of next year, provided there isn't an abrupt downturn in the economy. Ken Mayland, economist for ClearView Economics, predicted that by mid-November next year, interest rates will be cut from the ...

... This performance is more consistent with a soft landing than a hard landing for the economy as a whole," said Ken Mayland, economist with ClearView Economics. Still, he said, job growth clearly has cooled along with the economy. "There ...

... month. "Sometimes those are not the most desirable jobs, and some of the wages are the lowest," said economist Ken Mayland of ClearView Economics in Cleveland. "They're not the best career jobs." More than 22 million Americans age 16 ...