Recession Grips the Bay State

Authors

Alan Clayton-Matthews, University of Massachusetts Boston

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

Economic activity in Massachusetts is on the decline. According to the current economic index, real gross state domestic product grew at only a 0.6 percent annual rate in the third quarter, and the leading index is predicting that the state’s economy will decline at a 1.5 percent annual rate over the six months november 2008 through april 2009. Massachusetts is in a recession.

Comments

Published in MassBenchmarks, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 4-9: http://www.massbenchmarks.org/publications/issues/vol11i1/3.pdf.

Recommended Citation

Clayton-Matthews, Alan, "Recession Grips the Bay State" (2009). Public Policy and Public Affairs Faculty Publication Series. 6.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/pppa_faculty_pubs/6

Publisher

University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute