Friday, August 19, 2016

Fox on economic report
During a Thursday news conference Economist Bill Fox of the UT Center for Business and Economic Research, reported that Tennessee Economic Indicators continue to show strong economic growth. Personal income reached $287 billion in the first quarter of 2016, representing a 3.8 percent annual growth rate. And lots of new businesses are opening in Tennessee. Fox said Tennessee’s unemployment rate of 4.1 percent in June was the lowest monthly unemployment rate the state has recorded since April 2001.


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