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Business  |  Frank Corder  • 
January 10, 2022

Halfway through fiscal year, Mississippi state revenues exceeding estimates by over half a billion dollars

State collected $106.8 million above estimate in December. Halfway through the 2022 fiscal year, the Mississippi state revenues continue to outpace budget estimates. For the month of December 2021, total revenue collections were $106,793,974 or 21.22% above the sine die revenue estimate. Fiscal YTD revenue collections through December 2021 are $545,257,648 or 19.31% above the sine…
Business  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
January 10, 2022

Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Guest react to December jobs report showing fewest added in any month of 2021

Unemployment falls to 3.9%, economy added 199,000 jobs. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that during the month of December the total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 199,000, falling short of economists’ expectations of 422,000 job gains.  The unemployment rate declined to 3.9%, 0.3 percentage point down from November. The labor force participation rate…