With more people and businesses moving to the Volunteer State, Tennessee is expected to outperform the national economy again in 2024 and avoid a recession next year, according to the top economists at the University of Tennessee.
Tennessee, which led the nation in economic growth in 2021, was displaced last year by Idaho as the state with the fastest-growing economy, according to estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis through the first three quarters of last year.
Chattanooga s jobless rate declined last month as holiday hiring pushed unemployment in the six-county metropolitan area down two-tenths of a percent to 3.1%, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday.
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The retiring director of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy says he s ready to, "Quit everything. Then I will take back what I want to do."