In November 1998, four1 of the nation’s largest tobacco
companies entered into a Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)
with forty-six2 states to pay for past tobacco-related health care
costs in the...
The America’s 400th Anniversary: Jamestown 2007 Commemoration was a series of events spanning 18 months,
highlighting the 400th anniversary of Jamestown’s establishment as the first permanent Engl...
The United States has been experiencing an exceptional period of
expansion while much of the rest of the world has been recovering
from a series of tumultuous financial crises that began just ove...
Ohio took a bold step in 2007 and collected a lump sum
of $5.05 billion by selling bonds against an estimated $18
billion in tobacco payments over the coming 40 years.
This marks a departure fro...
The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy is proud to present its ninth annual report on the economy
of the United States and Virginia. I...
This study benefits from previous analysis that was sponsored by Virginias Center for Innovative
Technology concerning the growing high-tech industry in Virginia. For example, Pearson
and Kulas ...
The Executive Director and Council Members of the State Council of Higher Education
for Virginia (SCHEV) provide this report on the educational demand in Southside Virginia
and recommendations fo...
This latest edition of Virginia Economic Trends provides more
evidence that the economy has moved from its ‘recovery’ to
‘expansion’ phase. Based on employment figures, though, we
Virginians pro...
The economy is picking up speed. Real gross
domestic product (GDP) accelerated to a 7.2%
annualized rate in the second quarter, employment
advanced for the 4th straight month in October and
man...
Similar to the national economy where
activity slowed somewhat in the second
quarter, employment growth in Virginia
decelerated during the same period. Retail
sales also slowed and initial unem...
4th Quarter 2006 Report
Over the past two years, Southwest
Virginia has frequently figured
prominently in our feature article. We
have highlighted the region in regards
to tourism and the Croo...
3rd Quarter 2006 Report
This latest edition of Virginia Economic
Trends Trends portrays an economy that
is slowing. Even with the slower
growth, the economy in the nation and
the Commonwealth ...
4th Quarter 2005 Report
The national economy continues to grow at a solid pace despite two hurricanes that devastated parts of the Gulf Coast economy and pushed oil prices to record highs.
Growth...
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Chmura Economics & Analytics is an economic consulting
group specializing in:
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Do you know your local economy well enough to discern when it is affecting your business?
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Feature story from the 2004q3 issue of Virginia Economic Trends.
Karl Marx would never recognize the 21st century world in which human capital trumps financial capital. This historic shift chang...