News
- Tennessee's Jobless Rate Levels (Tennessean, Nov. 20): "Typically when you see fewer layoffs, you see more hiring," said David Penn. "This time, that's not happening."
- Unemployment: Tennessee Initial and Continued Claims (Nov. 19) - In the week ending November 7, seasonally adjusted weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance in Tennessee totaled 10,361, up from 8,920 in the previous week.
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Tennessee Housing Market: 3rd Quarter 2009
(Nov. 19, supported by a THDA grant): Sales of single-family homes rose
11.8 percent in the Nashville area, 1.2 percent in Memphis, and
12.3 percent in Knoxville, all after seasonal adjustment. Inventories of homes on the market declined
in Nashville and Memphis but rose somewhat in
Knoxville.
- Penn: Nissan Bond Deal Worth It (Tennessean, Daily News Journal, Nov. 12): "These are exactly the kinds of jobs we should be after. It plays to our strength in automotive manufacturing. If you don't offer this kind of incentive, you may not get these jobs.... I think that Nissan ... and a lot of other folks are betting that there will be a lot of green jobs to make green vehicles."
Video: Sept. 24 Economic Outlook Conference
- Forecaster Dr. Donald Ratajczak
- Interview with BERC director Dr. David Penn
- Global Commerce Newsletter:
"Who's Next in Line? Trade after the Chinese Tire Decision" by Steven G. Livingston (Nov. 5): "The recent decision to protect American-made tires from Chinese competition signals a new toughness on the part of the Obama Administration. Can we expect other Chinese imports to be similarly targeted for protection? If so, how will the Chinese react? . . . For this state, what might be the impact of these, and future, actions?"
- "States Receive Boost for Retraining" (Chattanooga Times Free Press, November 4): "China has emerged as a huge competitor to many of our businesses, and it has gotten even worse during the recession," said Dr. Steve Livingston.
- Tennessee's Business Magazine:
"The Healthcare Debate" (Nov. 3)- Editor's Note
- Lamar Alexander
- Marsha Blackburn
- Bob Corker
- Tony Garr
- Bart Gordon
- Darin Gordon
- Nell Levin
- John Tanner
- Jim Burton
- September Economic Indicators: Nashville MSA (REVISED: .html, .xls, Oct. 30)
- Economic and Financial Databases maintained by Albert E. DePrince, Jr., updated through Oct. 30
- "This Is How the Housing Inventory Will Be Whittled Down" (Nashville Post, Oct. 30)
- Nonfarm Employment: Nashville and Tennessee (Oct. 29)
- Labor Force Data for Tennessee by Month
- State and MSA (Oct. 28)
- County (Oct. 28)
- Building Permits: Tennessee, Midstate, and Nashville (Oct. 28)
- Jobs, Plants Fading Away
(Nashville Business Journal, Oct. 16): "Maury County shuttered 31 nonresident manufacturing facilities, while opening 11, from 2005 to 2007, according to Murat Arik, associate director of the Business and Economic Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University."
- River Port in Line for $35M Grant from Feds
(Union City Messenger, October 13): "Dr. Arik believes that if this port project is built, it would cut the poverty rate of this area by about 50 percent."
- Labor Market Indicators (Oct. 8)
- Cates Landing Port Study: Contributions of Proposed Investment in the Northwest Tennessee Regional Port at Cates Landing to the Regional Economy (Oct. 5, presented to Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority, Dyersburg, TN, by BERC Associate Director Murat Arik)
- .ppt
- study page (pdfs)
- Health Care Survey: 2010 Nashville Health Care Economic Impact Study Survey
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- Midstate Economic Indicators:
"Second Quarter Not as Bad as First" (Sept. 2)
- Big Picture Economics and Local Real Estate (August 14):
David Penn to Real Estate Investors Group, Nashville
- CENSUS: 2000-2008 City-County-State Population Estimates
(U.S. Census Bureau, July 1)
- Annual Report: Jones College of Business (June 18)