Economic Currents: The State of the State Economy

Authors

Alan Clayton-Matthews, University of Massachusetts Boston

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2003

Abstract

Statewide numbers paint a picture of declining employment and output, continuing widespread layoffs, slow wage and income growth, rapidly declining consumer confidence, weak consumer spending, stagnant tax revenues, high vacancy rates in the commercial real estate market, and no clear sign of growth in demand for the state’s technology products.

Comments

Published in MassBenchmarks, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 4-9: http://www.massbenchmarks.org/publications/issues/vol6i1/3.pdf.

Recommended Citation

Clayton-Matthews, Alan, "Economic Currents: The State of the State Economy" (2003). Public Policy and Public Affairs Faculty Publication Series. 36.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/pppa_faculty_pubs/36

Publisher

University of Massachusetts