Dr. Michael Walden, N.C. State University economist, discusses factors that could influence North Carolina’s economy in 2013. Walden offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 505).
Give it back
Last week the non-partisan Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly forecast yet another $1 billion+ surplus in anticipated tax revenues for the 2024–2025 fiscal year. That’s on top of the $400+ million in surplus collections for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The news, the latest in a decade-long run of tax revenue surpluses,...