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  • UT-CBER conference, Mobility and Tax Policy:  Do Yesterday's Taxes Fit Tomorrow's Economy?, was held October 2–3 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  Click here for details about the conference and presentations.

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Current Publications

The Impact of TennCare: A Survey of Recipients, 2008
Business Attitudes Towards Education in Tennessee
County Resident Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, & Hispanic Origin for Tennessee: 2000 to 2007 
Subcounty (Place) Population Data for Tennessee, 2007  
Tennessee Business and Economic Outlook, Spring 2008
Education Crossroads (A Report for the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury)
Annual Population Estimates and Components of Change:  U.S. and States, July 2007    
Looking for Opportunity in Tennessee's Manufacturing Sector (A Report for the UT Institute for Public Service)
School-to-Work: Do Tennessee's Higher Education Graduates Work in Tennessee?
Part 1. State-level Labor Market and Earnings Trends
Part 2. Employment and Earnings Trends by Institution 
Part 3. Employment and Earnings Trends by Field of Study.
County Population Data for Tennessee, 2007
The State of Manufacturing in Tennessee
 

Current Economic Indicators

Unemployment Rate (SA)
     U.S.: 0 pts (6.1% Sept 2008)
     Tennessee: decrease0.2 pts(6.6% (p) Aug 2008)
U.S. Payroll Employment

decrease159,000(p) in Sept 2008
U.S. Average Hourly Earnings
$0.03 (p) in Sept 2008
U.S. Consumer Price Index
decrease0.1% (Aug 2008 SA Index 218.9)
U.S. Consumer Confidence Index 
1.3 pts  (Sept 2008 Index 59.8 1985=100)
U.S. Leading Index
decrease0.5% (Aug 2008 Index 100.8 2004=100)
U.S. Help-Wanted Advertising Index
decrease1 pt  (July 2008 Index 17, 1987=100)

 

p preliminary  /  NSA not seasonally adjusted  /  SA seasonally adjusted / pts points
month-to-month change:  increaseincrease      decreasedecrease      no change

Drawing of the Proposed New Glocker Building
Proposed Glocker Building

CBER  in the media

Recent articles, wire service bulletins, and more

July 16, 2008
Bill Fox: "VW's Choice Eases Chattanooga's Past Auto Snubs" (Forbes.com, Bill Poovey, Associated Press)

May 22, 2008
Bill Fox discusses tax amnesties in: "Markell Outlines Fiscal Plan" (The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, Beth Miller)

May 11, 2008
Bill Fox: "Tennessee Sales Tax Slumps in Current Downturn" (Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dave Flessner)

May 8, 2008
Matt Murray: "UT Economists Offer ’Bleak’ Forecast for State, Nation" (Knox News-Sentinel, Associated Press, Knoxville, TN)

April 16, 2008
Bill Fox : "Thousands Report, Pay Out-of-State Sales Tax" (Kansas.com, Jeannine Koranda, Topeka, KS)

April 7, 2008
Bill Fox : "Econ Expert Warns State about Tax Slowdown" (The Tennessean, Theo Emery, Nashville)

February 20, 2008
Bill Fox editorial: "Fed Takes Short View, Sacrifices Credibility" (The Tennessean, Nashville)

February 15, 2008
Matt Murray: " Report Looks at Link between Education, Quality of Life in State" (Education Week, Associated Press)

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