Torrid Southwest Michigan Housing Market Races Into 2021 at a Record Pace By Pat Moody | Posted February 5, 2021 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening If you thought that the once the dust had settled following even the most robust of New Year's parties...
National Retail Federation Reports Holiday Sales Topped 8.3-Percent Gain Over 2019 Period By Pat Moody | Posted January 15, 2021 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening The pent up demand generated by the pandemic is readily evident in holiday sales numbers released today. The numbers have...
Soaring December Housing Market in SW MI Solidifies 2020 as New Peak Performance Year By Pat Moody | Posted January 7, 2021 | By The Numbers What's Happening Sky-rocketing housing market gains in December have solidified 2020's place at the top of the heap as the new...
Marie Yeager Cancer Center Releases 2020 Cancer Care Report for SWM By Pat Moody | Posted December 22, 2020 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening At the Marie Yeager Cancer Center in St. Joseph, the team from Spectrum Health Lakeland annually gathers a considerable...
New MI Data Says One-Third of All Michigan Restaurants Risk Closing in Six Months Without Help By Pat Moody | Posted December 15, 2020 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Christmas time is supposed to be filled with goodness and light, but new data released today by the Michigan...
West MI Industrial Economy Still Modestly on Track Despite Supply Chain Issues By Pat Moody | Posted December 9, 2020 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Even with many restaurants, bars and other gatherings still sidelined or facing substantial restrictions to normal operations, the West...
SWM Housing Prices Soar While Inventory Plummets as Record Setting Pace Continues By Pat Moody | Posted December 8, 2020 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening The sometimes torrid and continuously historic Southwest Michigan housing market that launched in June continued unabated in November with...
Michigan Retailers Reflect Optimism for Holiday Shopping Season By Pat Moody | Posted November 25, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening Despite an overall sales decrease in October from the September numbers, Michigan retailers are optimistic as the holiday shopping...
October Retail Sales Rise on Early Holiday Shopping Binge By Pat Moody | Posted November 17, 2020 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Thanks to pandemic-weary shoppers, retail sales across the nation rose for the sixth consecutive month in October, largely thanks...
More Than 430 Tri-County Businesses Granted MI Restart Dollars for COVID Relief By Pat Moody | Posted November 10, 2020 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Remember that Michigan Small Business Restart Grant Program rolled out at the height of the pandemic shutdown, offering to...
Upward Trend Marches on for New Home Construction in Michigan By Pat Moody | Posted November 10, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening Strong pent up demand for new construction, remodeling work and beyond is a welcome change following the pandemic shutdown...
West Michigan Industrial Economy Forming a “Lopsided W” Shaped Recovery By Pat Moody | Posted November 9, 2020 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Lots of people have been hoping for the proverbial "V"-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, but the man with...
SWM Housing Market in October “Crushes It” for Rock Solid Gains By Pat Moody | Posted November 6, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening Since the team at the Southwestern Michigan Association of Realtors was beginning to run a little low of their...
Michigan’s Regional Jobless Rates Moved Down in September By Pat Moody | Posted October 23, 2020 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Berrien County is now ranked 55th out of 83 counties in the state when it comes to the county's...
Whirlpool Reports “Outstanding” Third Quarter, Beats Wall Street Expectations By Pat Moody | Posted October 21, 2020 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Whirlpool Corporation's stock is moving up in after hours trading following what the company terms "outstanding third quarter results,"...
St. Joseph Public Schools Ranked 11th Best in All of Michigan By Pat Moody | Posted October 19, 2020 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening School teachers are well known for delivering grades to the students who walk the halls of their school systems,...
American Retail Sales Beat Economists Forecast in September, Rising 1.9-Percent By Pat Moody | Posted October 16, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening The resiliency of the American consumer has been evidenced again by the latest retail sales results reflecting a more...
SW Michigan Scores “Jaw-Dropping, History-Making” Housing Market in September By Pat Moody | Posted October 9, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening If the Southwest Michigan housing market continues at the torrid pace it's been racing along at this summer, the...
Nat’l Retail Federation Says More Back to School $$ to Focus on Desks & Computers for Home By Pat Moody | Posted August 18, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening At a time when they should be enjoying the tradition of Fair Week at the Berrien County Youth Fair,...
Michigan IDs “The Michigan Hot 50” and “Career Outlook” Thru 2028 By Pat Moody | Posted August 6, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening If you'll be entering the Michigan job market for the first time in the next several years or are...
SW Michigan Housing Market Continues to Skyrocket, Setting New July Records By Pat Moody | Posted August 6, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening Anyone wondering if the housing market in Michigan's Great Southwest was truly back after soaring numbers in June needs...
Lake Michigan Shore AVA in the Hunt for USA Today 10Best North American Wine Regions By Pat Moody | Posted July 21, 2020 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Primary election day is exactly two weeks away, and lots of people are already voting with their absentee ballots,...
Despite Uncertainties, Back-to-School Spending Expected to Set New Records By Pat Moody | Posted July 16, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening Even with the return to school this fall still up in the area in light of the pandemic, families...
Recovery of West MI Industrial Economy Picks up Steam By Pat Moody | Posted July 7, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening Cautiously optimistic that the West Michigan Industrial Economy is "headed in the right direction," there is also the fear...
Retail Sales in America Rebound at Record 17.7-Percent Rate in May By Pat Moody | Posted June 16, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening The pent up demand from several months of mandated quarantine was readily evident in numbers released this morning by...
May Home Sales in SWM Drop to Lowest Level in 14 Years By Pat Moody | Posted June 9, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening In any ordinary year in Michigan's Great Southwest, May is the door opener on peak selling season for the...
West Michigan Industrial Economy Hits Bottom, “Worst is Over” By Pat Moody | Posted June 5, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening One of the most oft-repeated phrases of the year so far has been, "Can we just reboot 2020 and...
MI Small Businesses Expecting Sales Declines, But Confident in Ability to Prevent Spread of Virus By Pat Moody | Posted June 4, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening As more of the Michigan economy prepares to reopen in the coming days of summer, most small business enterprises...
Berrien Health Department Adds New COVID Data to Dashboard By Pat Moody | Posted June 2, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening Striving continually to keep the public up to date on as much information as possible during the current pandemic,...
Consumer Sentiment Inches Slightly Higher in May By Pat Moody | Posted May 29, 2020 | By The Numbers What's Happening Earlier this month, University of Michigan Chief Economist and Director of Consumer Surveys Richard Curtin wondered in a report,...