A month or so ago, I set up a Google Alert for news articles about harbor deepening issues along the East Coast. It’s clear that politics is playing a big role — and will certainly play a bigger role —…
Category: Economics
Homebuyer tax credits: A post mortem
Almost exactly three years ago, in one of my City Talk columns in the Savannah Morning News, I predicted that Savannah area home prices were probably about 30% too high. Some readers who had been closely following my researched columns…
This morning’s employment report
This morning’s data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics regarding December employment was somewhat worse than expected. I wish I had a dollar for every time economic data over the last few years has been “worse than expected.” Maybe there…
Morning headlines: a brighter outlook, Auburn football, other issues
Here are some things that have caught my eye this a.m.: A post from yesterday on my favorite blog Calculated Risk (chosen by the WSJ as one of the top 10 economics blogs) about the reasons to be optimistic that…
Krugman on the “recovery”
In my year-end column here, I mention in passing that the unemployment rate seems likely to remain elevated for years. In his most recent column in the NYT, Paul Krugman explains why that’s a certainty, even assuming a fairly rapid…
How to promote a small business
I got a lot of positive feedback from this column about how small businesses miss good PR chances. Willow Ridge Media discussed it and expanded on some of my ideas in this post. I’ll be returning to this subject in…
What will the Savannah economy look like in 2011?
In my City Talk column for Jan. 2 in the Savannah Morning News, I envision two scenarios for 2011. One scenario is for “slow but steady growth,” with the local economy buoyed by public infrastructure projects, ongoing strength of major…