I’ve been writing a lot less about the housing market in my City Talk columns since Adam Van Brimmer made the jump from sports writing to business writing. It’s been sort of a relief not to feel obligated to wade…
I wrote a post already this week about home price declines that can be read here. Today it’s CoreLogic’s turn to report on the precipitous declines in home prices nationally. All the major indices are showing significant declines, and the…
No surprises here for those who have followed my writings over the last few years about the housing market. Today, Zillow released data about home prices in the first quarter and in March. They estimate that 55% of Atlanta metro…
This is another in occasional posts about the federal deficit and debt. Congressman Ryan’s plan to slash federal spending, which drew the votes of almost every House Republican, doesn’t just rely on dramatic spending cuts. The math behind the plan…
My column in the Savannah Morning News has for the last decade dealt with small business issues — from endless profiles of new enterprises to the larger challenges of business in our diverse market. For today’s column (“Will Savannah small…
Georgia has had more bank failures than any other state during this economic downturn, and we’re leading the rest of the country for 2011. The FDIC has closed five banks tonight, two in Georgia: The Park Avenue Bank of Valdosta…
During the recent Georgia legislative session, I made a number of posts about the proposed bill to allow local municipalities to hold referendums on Sunday package sales of beer, wine, and liquor. Just a quick note here to say that…
And if that title didn’t scare you, please be aware that the embedded video, which is nearly an hour long, begins with almost exactly 10 minutes of dead air. So do yourself a favor and skip ahead. This is an…
This is another in occasional posts regarding the ongoing national debate about the federal debt and deficit. I’ve already written about the incredible ignorance shown in polls asking the public about the growing problems. By large margins, Americans see the…
I’m going to be making some posts in the coming months about various options for reducing the deficit and whittling down the federal debt. As beautifully and succinctly outlined by Calculated Risk, we can view the problem as having four…
In my Savannah Morning News column today — Creative Coast and three ideas for regional prosperity — I follow up on Jake Hodesh’s recent call for “a list of three issues that we should seek to improve upon or change…
Atlanta has long been synonymous with cars, with traffic, with sprawl. But local governments in the metro area appear to be embracing a vision for transit unlike ever before. This isn’t just some pie in the sky vision on my…
Just-released data from the Georgia Department of Labor is being spun positively because the state’s official unemployment rate has slipped to 10.0% for March; it was 10.2% last month after peaking at 10.4% late in 2010. Don’t be fooled by…
Two more banks in Georgia have been shut down this evening by the FDIC, Bartow Bank in Cartersville and New Horizons Bank in East Ellijay. From the press release regarding Bartow Bank: As of December 31, 2010, Bartow County Bank…
