Federal Data Shows Job Creation Slowed In September
The U.S. Economy Added 263,000 Nonfarm Jobs Last Month, The Lowest Total New Jobs For A Month All Year.
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Economists
Tennessee Has Committed To At Least $60M In Economic Incentive Grants This Year
Tennessee Has Committed To More Than $60 Million In FastTrack Economic Incentive Grants To Businesses This Year After Committing More Than $200 Million Of The Grants To Businesses In 2021.
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TNECD Announces New Projects, But Not Dollar Amount Of Taxpayer-Funded Incentives
This Week, Tennessee’s Funding Board Is Scheduled To Approve Incentives Of More Than $1 Million To Six Different Companies. But The Grant Amounts, Paid With Public Funds Through The Department Of Economic And Community Development’s FastTrack Grant Program, Have Not Been Announced Publicly.
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Student Debt Will Rise To Pre-Cancellation Levels In Less Than A Decade, Budget Group Says
It Will Take Less Than A Decade For Student Loan Debt To Return To The Level It Was At Before President Joe Biden Canceled Nearly Half A Trillion Dollars Of The Debt At Taxpayer’s Expense, A New Report From A Leading Budget Group Says.
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Tennessee Set To Approve 6 New Taxpayer-Funded, Million-Dollar Economic Incentive Grants
Tennessee Is Scheduled To Send Million-Dollar Incentives To Six More Companies For Expanding Or Moving Their Operations To The State.
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Low Employment, Inflation, Recession Have Economy At Crossroads
Economists With The Federal Reserve Bank Of St. Louis Say The Labor Market And The Economy Are At A Crossroads.
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Tennessee’s Claim Of $24.2B In 2021 Tourism Spending Questioned By Experts
Tennessee’s Department Of Tourism Is Touting A Report Saying That The State Brought In A Record $24.2 Billion In Tourism Spending In 2021.
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Tennessee Economist: State’s Economy Is Strong Despite Inflation
A Local Economist Says Tennessee Is In A Good Place To Deal With The Current Inflation Crisis That Is Plaguing The Country.
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Cost Of Renovated Speedway At Nashville Fairgrounds Has Increased To $100M
A Deal To Renovate The Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Is Still Not Complete And Will Now Cost $100 Million Instead Of $75 Million.
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Chattanooga Approves $79.5M Baseball Stadium Despite Economic Questions Over Financing
Chattanooga Will Be Getting A New Baseball Stadium And City Officials Have Called The Project A “Home Run For The Community” Despite Economists’ Questions On The Numbers Touted By Stadium Supporters.
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