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San Francisco | Houston
Joined March 2020
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Main Street outperformed 2019 in October 2021, with greatest gains in disaster recovery areas -- New Orleans and Houston (full report here -- hmbase.co/october-2021-repor…)
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All industries except hospitality outperformed 2019 levels; changes in employees working ranged from -2% to +1.5%
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Employees working in New Orleans has improved since its Hurricane Ida low but remains ~5% below pre-Ida levels
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Main Street saw expected seasonal declines in September across all industries and regions (full report here -- hmbase.co/september-2021-rep…)
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Political leaning of states had little correlation to the declines in employees working.
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Seasonality is most acutely felt in entertainment and hospitality industries, which declined ~15% in September
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One negative outlier: Employees working in New Orleans was down ~27% from the effects of Hurricane Ida.
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Our high real time data at @joinhomebase accurately predicted an underperforming jobs report in August
BREAKING: The economy added 235,000 jobs in August, far below estimates of ~720,000.
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homebase_data retweeted
Number of worker shifts falls in August as delta variant weighs on small businesses, per @homebase_data cnb.cx/3zHmcVu
Main Street saw significant declines in both jobs and businesses open in August (full report here -- hmbase.co/august-2021-report)
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States that ended additional federal unemployment benefits early continued to see slower employment (4.3% decline) than those that maintained benefits (3.1% decline).
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The entertainment and hospitality industries were hit particularly hard. Employment is down by ~35% and ~20% respectively since July 2021 peaks.