The military supports 540,000 jobs, including 340,000 in the private sector, according to a new report released today by the N.C. Department of Commerce. The report also found the military boosts the state's personal income by more than $30 billion.
Published: Thursday, November 7th, 2013 @ 11:44 pm
By: David Winstead
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That's one way to interpret the current trend of the Index of North Carolina Leading Economic Indicators. Produced every month by N.C. State University economist Michael Walden, the index combines five indicators that tend to correlate with economic growth over time: initial unemployment-insurance c
Published: Friday, August 16th, 2013 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Is New York City a better place to work than Charlotte? It depends on your priorities. For many people, the Big Apple with all its glamour and glitz may be...
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 @ 5:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Goodman, an economist and president of the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis, has been one of the country's leading experts on the economics of health care for more than two decades. Back in the 1990s, his work on patient power and perverse incentives...
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 @ 6:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As part of the Economic Impact Analysis, a public outreach effort is being conducted to gather input from the public on the current use of Highway 17 and the vision for the highway's future.
Published: Sunday, September 2nd, 2012 @ 11:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points in March to a seasonally adjusted rate of 9.7 percent as the number of unemployed fell and the number of people with jobs rose.
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2012 @ 8:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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