Ryan Gedney is the principal economist for the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE). We're going to get into the economic weeds with a discussion about employment and unemployment that I hope you'll find quite interesting. Some questions we'll cover:
- What are the strongest pockets of employment and economic growth in CO and what are the weakest, and among those what surprises you most?
- Do you have any evidence regarding whether huge cash payments early in COVID are still impacting labor force participation?
- Do you believe there’s a significant issue of skills mismatch in CO?