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