News

Global Commerce Newsletter: "Recent Trends in Trade Adjustment Assistance: Signs of Stress in the Tennessee Economy?" by Steven G. Livingston (Feb. 2): "One of the few programs for those who are harmed by trade is the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, enacted by Congress nearly 50 years ago. The larger the usage of the TAA, the greater the stress the local economy may be experiencing.... (full story)
Nashville Real Estate Market Recovers Slowly (Tennessean, Feb. 1): "It's going to take several years of employment growth to get commercial real estate back to where it wants to be," said economist David Penn.
TN Banks, Businesses Wary of Obama Jobs Plan (Tennessean, Jan. 29): "'I think the administration is trying to find something that works,' said David Penn.
1 Out of 5 Workers Is Underemployed (Tullahoma News, Jan. 26)
Economic Outlook for the Nashville Area presented to Forward Sumner Annual Meeting by David Penn (pdf, 01/27/10)
Workers Available, Job Study Shows (Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Jan. 26)
South's Jobless Seek Work in TN (Tennessean, Daily News Journal, Jan. 25): "Those states which have diverse economies will perform a lot better than the others," said economist Murat Arik. Among Southeastern states, Tennessee has the second-most-diverse economy, trailing only Missouri, and that puts the Volunteer State in a better position for long-term recovery, Arik said.
Building Permits: Tennessee, Nashville MSA, and available midstate county data (Jan. 22)
TN Jobless Rate Rises Unexpected (Tennessean, Jan. 22): "It could be that more people were looking for seasonal work than were getting it,'' said David Penn.
Study: 1 in 5 Workers Underemployed in South Tenn. (Daily News Journal, Jan. 21)
Available Labor Force in Southern Middle Tennessee:
An Underemployment Study (Jan. 20) - Prepared for Local Workforce Investment Area 6 and Industrial Development Boards of Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore, and Warren counties by BERC Associate Director Murat Arik and Director David A. Penn
Labor Force Data for Tennessee by Month (Jan. 19)
- State and MSA
- County
November Economic Indicators: Nashville MSA (Jan. 6)
- details on BERC site
- slide show summary on Tennessean site
Nonfarm Employment: Nashville and Tennessee (Dec. 21)
Economic and Financial Databases maintained by Albert E. DePrince, Jr. (all data updated through Nov. 27)
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.
Tennessee's Business Magazine:
"The Healthcare Debate" (Nov. 3)
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."
Cates Landing Port Study: Contributions of Proposed Investment in the Northwest Tennessee Regional Port at Cates Landing to the Regional Economy (Oct. 5)
- .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)
CENSUS: 2000-2008 City-County-State Population Estimates (U.S. Census Bureau, July 1)
Annual Report: Jones College of Business (June 18)