📅 Join Us Sept. 5 for the 2024 Chattanooga Region Economic Forecast Breakfast, presented by the Center for Regional Economic Research. This free event is your opportunity to gain valuable insights into the past, present, and future of the Chattanooga regional economy. The event is free but registration is requested, so secure your spot today…
7/25/2024: Origins and Destinations of Chattanooga’s Young Adult Migrants
This paper uses a unique dataset on the migration of young adults between commuting zones to analyze the most common origins and destinations of Chattanooga’s young adult migrants. Many more young adults moved into Chattanooga than moved out of it, but Chattanooga’s net in-migration rate was much lower than those for large areas such as…
6/8/2024: UTC Establishes Regional Economic Research Center
The establishment and mission of the Center for Regional Economic Research is outlined in a piece in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. CRER director Howard Wall and CRER research scholar and finance and economics chair Bento Lobo described why the center was established and what it hopes to accomplish for the university and the community.…
6/1/2024: Business Leaders Predict the Future of Chattanooga’s Retail Scene
An article in the June issue of Edge Magazine from the Chattanooga Times Free Press asks several business owners about the future of retail in Chattanooga. It also has CRER director Howard Wall discussing the general health of the local economy as it pertains to the retail sector going forward. “Wall anticipates that the area’s…
5/26/24: Chattanooga Jobless Rate Falls to an All-Time Low
CRER director Howard Wall is quoted in the Chattanooga Times Free Press in a story about the Chattanooga unemployment rate for April 2024. The unemployment rate hit an all-time low of 2.5 percent, but that number is not seasonally adjusted. The seasonal adjustment should result in a rate of 3 percent, which would tie April…