Bill Lafayette

For years, the child care industry has struggled to attract and retain good workers. The pandemic has fanned the problem into a crisis. Across the country, parents, and especially moms, have put off returning to work because they have not been able to find affordable, adequate child care.

Prices for goods and services spiked 5.4 percent in June from the previous year, marking the highest rate of inflation since 2008 and stoking fears of a reboot of 1970s runaway inflation. Today we'll discuss what is inflation and why do we fear it?

Prices for goods and services spiked 5.4 percent in June from the previous year, marking the highest rate of inflation since 2008 and stoking fears of a reboot of 1970s runaway inflation. Today we'll discuss what is inflation and why do we fear it?

Central Ohio lost tens of thousands of jobs and many small businesses in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Bill Lafayette, economist and founder…

Ohio’s jobless rate has improved slightly since businesses began reopening. But as COVID-19 continues spreading through the state, one Central Ohio…

The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered at least a quarter of the U.S. economy, costing more than 16 million jobs, nearly twice the jobless rate during the…

Local economic experts predict strong job growth in central Ohio this year.Economist Bill Lafayette predicts 2.2 percent job growth for central Ohio in…

10:00 Last year, residents of Franklin County made over 18,000 babies-- far more than any other county in Ohio. Is it something in the water? Probably…

10:00 Economic forecasters are in debate over the forecast for 2013; some say it's good news while others say it's bad. On this hour, we'll talk about the…

10:00 Where have the jobs gone, not in the last few years but over the course of the last few decades? More importantly, where will the new jobs come…