The Chattanooga Times Free Press covered the 2025 CRER Forecast Breakfast held on October 22: Howard Wall, the director of the Center for Regional Economic Research, told local officials he expects an average growth of 3,000 jobs by the end of 2025. Next year, however, he foresees a decent level of growth at 6,500 jobs. Wall…
10/22/25: CRER Releases Fall Forecast of Chattanooga Metro Employment
The CRER produces quarterly forecasts of the growth of nonfarm payroll employment in the Chattanooga MSA. Forecasts depend on the consensus forecast of the U.S. economy from the Blue Chip Economic Indicator survey. Our new forecast is a net gain of twelve hundred jobs in the third quarter, and for growth to rise throughout 2026.…
8/14/25: CRER Releases Summer Forecast of Chattanooga Metro Employment
The CRER produces quarterly forecasts of the growth of nonfarm payroll employment in the Chattanooga MSA. Forecasts depend on the consensus forecast of the U.S. economy from the Blue Chip Economic Indicator survey. Our new forecast is a net gain of one thousand jobs in the third quarter, and for growth to slowly return to…
5/14/25: Special CRER Forecast for the Chattanooga Economy
In light of the ever-changing national situation and outlook, the CRER has released a special forecast outside of its regular schedule of quarterly forecasts. The CRER’s updated forecast provides three scenarios based on the Blue Chip survey, and one based on the occurrence of a moderate recession along the lines of the 1990 and 2001…
4/14/25: CRER Spring 2025 Forecast for the Chattanooga Economy
The CRER has released its Spring 2025 forecast of employment growth in the Chattanooga Metropolitan Statistical Area for 2025 and 2026. The forecast represents a downgrade that is due partly to revisions of recent job growth, but primarily to the softened national outlook in the wake of the tariff plans unveiled on April 2nd. The…