“A research report released on Monday by the Institute for Spatial Economic Analysis (ISEA) found that automation will hit certain regions of the country harder than others….”
http://www.businessinsider.com/cities-that-will-lose-biggest-percentage-of-jobs-to-automation-2017-5
Tourists and Techies aren’t able to offset the increased costs to upscale restaurants brought on by the mandatory increase in minimum wage.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-minimum-wage-eats-restaurants-1494369579
“Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 211,000 in April 2017. That follows gains of 79,000 in March and 232,000 in February. Employment rose in April in leisure and hospitality, health care and social assistance, financial activities, and mining.”
https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/nonfarm-employment-up-211000-in-april-2017.htm
From Small Business Economic Trends for April 2017
33 Percent of Small Businesses Surveyed Had Positions They Were Not Able to Fill
“Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein said in an interview on Friday that London’s growth as a financial center could “stall” as a result of the upheaval caused by Brexit.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-banks-idUSKBN18413K