Fueled by Technology Market Demand, Massachusetts Economic Growth Increases

Authors

Alan Clayton-Matthews, University of Massachusetts Boston

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Abstract

The pace of economic growth in Massachusetts has picked up significantly, beginning in the fourth quarter of last year, reflecting improved worldwide markets for information technology equipment in the last half of 2005. This resurgence in technology markets helped reverse a deceleration in state economic growth that the state experienced between mid-2004 and the third quarter of 2005. The Massachusetts economy has performed better over the last six months than at any time since the current expansion began in the second quarter of 2003. The recent pace of expansion matched the long-term average growth in real gross state product of 3.6 percent over the 1975–2004 period.

Comments

Published in MassBenchmarks, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 4-9: http://www.massbenchmarks.org/publications/issues/vol8i2/3.pdf

Recommended Citation

Clayton-Matthews, Alan, "Fueled by Technology Market Demand, Massachusetts Economic Growth Increases" (2006). Public Policy and Public Affairs Faculty Publication Series. 11.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/pppa_faculty_pubs/11

Publisher

University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute