First, the good news: North Carolina’s unemployment rate is reported as being among the lowest in decades. The NC Department of Commerce reported in August that the state’s unemployment rate for July came in at 3.3%, tying two months in 2022 for the lowest rate since 1999. Now, the not-so-good news. For starters, a low...
Clearly, 2018 was a Democratic year, as it should have been given a Republican was in the White House. The Democrats picked up 40 seats in the House and seven governorships. The Republicans’ veto-proof “super majorities” were broken in both chambers of the General Assembly. It wasn’t quite the “blue wave” Democrats were hoping for and,...
When trying to concoct statistical models to forecast the outcomes of presidential elections, political scientists run dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of simulations.
Now that North Carolina’s “headline” unemployment statistic has ticked up for several months, the same liberals who once treated it as misleading are now citing it authoritatively.
Voters tend to credit or blame their governors not for the absolute performance of their economies but for the relative performance.
Voters deserve a full and fair account of economic news — especially if, as happened last month, the news resists simplification into a single, blaring headline.
If you account for people dropping out of the labor force, North Carolina’s labor market has improved faster than those of most other states.
There are 10 states at the forefront of America’s economic recovery. North Carolina is one of them.
North Carolina’s economic challenge is not simply to address lingering barriers to growth and opportunity in rural communities.
Rankings focusing primarily on business costs, including taxes, were more likely to predict economic outcomes than were climate rankings that emphasize amenities.
Which modern North Carolina governor presided over the strongest performance of the state's economy relative to regional and national trends? Which presided over the weakest?
