Economic Currents: The State of the State Economy

Authors

Alan Clayton-Matthews, University of Massachusetts Boston

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 1999

Abstract

Nascent signs of imbalance are appearing in the Massachusetts economy. Wage rates and housing prices are beginning to rise at an unsustainable pace as a result of labor shortages and strong consumer demand. At the same time, the manufacturing sector continues to suffer from the economic crisis in Asia.

Comments

Published in MassBenchmarks, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 4-9: http://www.massbenchmarks.org/publications/issues/vol2i3/3.pdf.

Recommended Citation

Clayton-Matthews, Alan, "Economic Currents: The State of the State Economy" (1999). Public Policy and Public Affairs Faculty Publication Series. 21.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/pppa_faculty_pubs/21

Publisher

University of Massachusetts