Omicron’s Aftermath: How COVID Affected the Economy in January

by CivMetrics Staff | Feb 2, 2022 | COVID-19, Economics, Uncategorized

A new report from the NYTimes offers a nice summary of the economic effects of Omicron in January: millions of workers calling out sick; an increase in economic uncertainty and fears of inflation.  The New York Times reports: “More than 8.7 million Americans...

How Hospitality & Leisure Employment Recovered in 380 Metros During The Pandemic

by CivMetrics Staff | Jan 18, 2022 | COVID-19, Economics, Labor, Regional economics, Tourism, Uncategorized

CivMetrics collects key travel and tourism data for the largest cities in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at hospitality & leisure employment in every MSA. For questions about our data, or to request data,...

U.S. Cities With the Biggest Declines in International Visitors (January ’22 Update)

by CivMetrics Staff | Jan 18, 2022 | COVID-19, Premium, Tourism, Uncategorized

CivMetrics collects key travel and tourism data for the largest cities in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at international visitors to the largest U.S. ports of entry. For questions about our data, or to request...

“Flying Blind”: How COVID Has Scrambled Airlines’ Data Models

by CivMetrics Staff | Jan 14, 2022 | COVID-19, Tourism, Uncategorized

Airlines are “flying blind” on pricing policies as the pandemic has scrambled passenger behavior models and air traffic data, which is normally relied upon to estimate future demand. From David Fickling at Bloomberg: Making things worse is that two...

Vaccination Rates in 1,200+ Metro Counties

by CivMetrics Staff | Nov 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Premium, Public Health, Uncategorized

CivMetrics collects key public health data for the largest cities in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at the the COVID vaccination rate in metro counties (aka, counties close to urban centers). For questions...

Cities With the Highest (and Lowest) COVID Vaccination Rates

by CivMetrics Staff | Nov 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Premium, Public Health, Uncategorized

CivMetrics collects key public health data for the largest cities in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at the the COVID vaccination rate in major cities. For questions about our data, or to request data, please...