Tracking Tennessee's Economic Recovery

American Community Survey Indispensible to Society
David Penn's letter to Tennessean editor: "Continued federal funding for the American Community Survey (ACS) is simply indispensable for our ability to know how local economies function." [more]

Is Single-Family Home Construction Improving?
Perhaps, but it depends on where you are. Housing construction activity for Tennessee is trending lower, with lower activity also occurring in the Clarksville, Cleveland, and Nashville MSAs. Knoxville and Memphis MSAs are flat, while the trend is improving in Chattanooga, Jackson, Johnson City, Kingsport-Bristol, and Morristown MSAs.

Single-Family Permits graphs, downloadable tables

Housing Price Index

SPECIAL REPORT: State Sales Tax Collections and Purchasing Power [pdf]
State sales tax collections for April rose 8.8% over the year. Collections for all 10 MSAs increased at least 5%, with five MSAs experiencing double-digit gains. (05/14/12) [more]

Tennessee Housing Market

1st Quarter 2012

State, MSA, and County Data

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Tennessee's Business: Job Creation

Do job initiatives work?

Business births and expansions

Overview of state initiatives

Tracking state economic recovery

Small business development

Impact of green investments

Global Commerce: 4th Quarter 2011
A survey of county-level foreign direct investment in Tennessee