Tennessee Jobless Rate Dips Slightly, May Surge Again

(From the Tennessean, November 21, 2008): "'It's good that it's not rising so fast, but I doubt that we've seen an end to the increases in unemployment rates,' said David Penn, the director of the Business and Economic Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University. 'There's still a lot more air to be let out of the economy.'"
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20081121/BUSINESS01/811210424/-1/NLETTER01?source=nletter-news

Bonds May Fund Repairs for Tennessee Bridges

From the Tennessean (November 19, 2008): "David Penn, director of the Business and Economic Research Center at MTSU's College of Business, saw the proposal as having little risk and positive benefits for the state. . . ."
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008811190445

Tennessee Housing Market: 3rd Quarter 2008

The fifth in a series of quarterly reports on the housing market in Tennessee, supported by a Tennessee Housing Development Agency grant: http://frank.mtsu.edu/~berc/housingbrief.html . (Other recent BERC news at http://frank.mtsu.edu/~berc/index.html )