Showing posts with label Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Chattanooga may be U.S. economy in microcosm

The latest report doesn't include Volkswagen's impact or the ramifications of the current economic morass, but the latest Ochs reports on the State of the Chattanooga region contains some interesting numbers, including a surge in information technology employment of about 125 percent during 2001-07. During the same period, engineering jobs were down substantially. The Chattanoogan reports it here. The full report is here, at the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies, in Chattanooga.