Economic Outlook Briefing
Name:
Economic Outlook Briefing
Date:
March 13, 2013
Time:
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
Registration:
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Event Description:
Back by popular demand, the Chamber will host its Economic Outlook Briefing presented by Time Warner Cable Business Class, 7:30-9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 13 at Governors Club.
Dr. Michael Walden, Distinguished Professor of Economics at NC State University, will keynote our briefing, describing trends and the latest economic issues facing our region. Dr. Walden, who was recently awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, wrote, “North Carolina’s growth in jobs since the bottom of the recession (February 2010) now exceeds the comparable growth rate in jobs at the national level. Specifically, from February 2010 to November 2012, North Carolina added jobs at a 3.8 percent rate,
For the answer to this question and Dr. Walden’s forecast for our regional and state economies, as well as the results of our Economic Conditions Survey, register for the Economic Outlook Briefing presented by Time Warner Cable Business Class, 7:30-9:30 a.m., Wed., March 13 at Governors Club. Register online at www.carolinachamber.org/events, or contact Chela Tu at ctu@carolinachamber.org or 919.357.9990.
Dr. Michael Walden, Distinguished Professor of Economics at NC State University, will keynote our briefing, describing trends and the latest economic issues facing our region. Dr. Walden, who was recently awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, wrote, “North Carolina’s growth in jobs since the bottom of the recession (February 2010) now exceeds the comparable growth rate in jobs at the national level. Specifically, from February 2010 to November 2012, North Carolina added jobs at a 3.8 percent rate,
compared to 3.6 percent for the nation. Also, both North Carolina’s and the nation’s unemployment rates have now dropped 2.3 percentage points from their peak. Of course, the state is by no means out of the woods from the job losses suffered during the recession…The state lost 8 percent of its job base during the recession, compared to 6 percent for the nation. Yet the fact that our state’s job growth in the last three years
has now exceeded the nation’s pace is encouraging. The question is: Will it continue?”
For the answer to this question and Dr. Walden’s forecast for our regional and state economies, as well as the results of our Economic Conditions Survey, register for the Economic Outlook Briefing presented by Time Warner Cable Business Class, 7:30-9:30 a.m., Wed., March 13 at Governors Club. Register online at www.carolinachamber.org/events, or contact Chela Tu at ctu@carolinachamber.org or 919.357.9990.
