A higher number of employees are quitting their jobs, and the number of employees let go or laid off has declined steadily, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. Signaling continued improvement in the economy, the ratio of quits to layoffs and discharges has matched or exceeded 2.0 for four of the past five months and was at its highest level in April 2018 since the survey began in 2000.
Chuck Ehmann is an Economist for RealPage, Inc. and has over 33 years of experience in real estate market and economic research, analysis and reporting. Prior to joining RealPage, Chuck spent four years with Axiometrics as a Real Estate Economist and 11 years with MPF Research as a Data Resources Senior Consultant, where he was responsible for the firm’s commercial and apartment property surveys, databases and feasibility and market reports. He was with Guaranty Bank for 12 years as Director of Economic and Real Estate Research, where he and his staff monitored and forecast real estate and economic conditions around the country and conducted feasibility and market analysis on proposed real estate development and acquisition opportunities.
Chuck is active in the real estate research and economics community as a member and former board member of The Dallas/Fort Worth Association for Business Economics, the National Association for Business Economics, the D/FW Real Estate Research Forum and the Association of Real Estate Research Professionals.
Chuck graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from East Texas State University and an MBA in real estate from The University of Texas at Arlington.