The CRER has released its updated forecasts for job growth in the Chattanooga metro area: Partly because Chattanooga’s fourth quarter job growth was weaker than expected, the near term outlook has been downgraded. The CRER’s previous forecast was for job growth of at least 1.5 thousand per quarter throughout 2025, for a total of 6.7…
1/1/25: What Will the New Year Bring for Chattanooga’s Economy?
The latest issue of the Chattanooga Times Free Press’s Edge magazine has CRER director and chief economist Howard Wall providing his perspective on the Chattanooga economy in 2025: Although Wall downgraded an earlier forecast for employment growth, the UTC economist still predicts metropolitan Chattanooga will add 6,700 jobs in the next year. That would be…
11/13/2024: Fall Forecast of the Chattanooga MSA Economy
The CRER has released its latest forecast of quarterly job growth in the Chattanooga MSA through 2025. Major changes at the national level since the previous forecast include a general election and two rounds of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Although forecasters are slightly more optimistic about US GDP in 2025, they are…
9/5/2024: New CRER Forecasts for the Chattanooga Economy
The CRER released its forecasts for the Chattanooga economy at its First Annual Regional Economic Forecast Breakfast. CRER director Howard Wall provided an overview of the past, present, and future of the Chattanooga MSA economy. He also presented the CRER’s new forecasting model and its forecasts for employment growth through 2025. Download the forecast and…