Regional Direction
April 29th 2020
The Impact of COVID-19 on Philly’s Latinx/Hispanic Community
The Impact of COVID-19 on Philly’s Latinx Community In a previous Leading Indicator, we examined the social determinants of health that have disproportionately positioned Philadelphia’s African American/Black communities on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this brief we continue our... Read More
Regional Direction
April 22nd 2020
COVID-19 and Greater Philadelphia's Tech Workforce
Across the U.S, the COVID-19 pandemic has to date wiped out roughly the same number of jobs that were created since the Great Recession. In previous briefs, we’ve detailed how this job loss is affecting various local industries and businesses, and we’ve highlighted those that have been most... Read More
Regional Direction
April 15th 2020
The Impact of COVID-19 on Philly’s African American Community
A recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shown that the COVID-19 virus is affecting Black Americans more than any other racial group. Across various states and cities (as well as in Philadelphia), the disproportionate hospitalization and death of Black... Read More
Regional Direction
April 8th 2020
COVID-19 and Greater Philadelphia’s Small Businesses
The mandated social distancing and closure of non-essential businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected the region’s small businesses. While larger enterprises have greater capacity to weather short term setbacks like sharp declines in revenue and layoffs,... Read More
Regional Direction
April 1st 2020
COVID-19 and Philadelphia’s Food Economy
With statewide closures of non-essential businesses and mandated social distancing resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the region’s food-based businesses have found themselves in dire financial situations. Across the city, restaurants, cafes, bars, and takeout establishments have been... Read More
Regional Direction
March 25th 2020
The Economic Impact of COVID-19: Philadelphia’s Working Poor and ‘On-The-Edge’ Populations
EDITOR’S NOTE: During this unprecedented time of disruption and uncertainty, the Economy League’s Leading Indicators newsletter will provide a series of weekly data briefs focused on assessing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic - with a special focus on the most vulnerable segments of... Read More
Regional Direction
March 11th 2020
Greater Philadelphia's Declining Transit Ridership
In January, CityLab detailed declines in quarterly transit ridership from 2018 to 2019 in several major U.S. metropolitan areas. Apart from Washington D.C. and New York City, the data—acquired from the National Transit Database—showed most metropolitan areas experiencing a decline in quarterly... Read More
Regional Direction
February 19th 2020
A Snapshot of Philadelphia’s Part-Time Workforce
For this Leading Indicator, we continue our focus on Philadelphia’s workforce – in particular, we look at Philadelphia’s part-time employment population. As we showed in last issue’s data brief, the majority of Philadelphia’s recent employment growth has largely come from foundational-skill and low... Read More
Regional Direction
February 3rd 2020
Why Haven't Philly Wages Increased with Employment Levels (Part 2)
In the last issue of Leading Indicators, we showed that Philadelphia’s wage growth has lagged employment levels in recent years. We hypothesized as to why this lag persists: much of the city’s recent employment growth stems from increases in foundational-skill-level jobs with lower wages. In this... Read More
Regional Direction
December 11th 2019