Tennessee's Business: Immigration

Tennessee's Business magazine ("Immigration" theme issue), published by MTSU's Business and Economic Research Center, is online.

Articles include:

• "U.S. Immigration: A Historical Perspective "
  by Katherine Fennelly
• “'Immigrationomics': A Discussion of Some Key Issues"
  by William F. Ford
• "Immigration: A View from Capitol Hill— A Policy and Political Perspective"
  by Bradley Jackson
• "Business License Revocation: Is This What the Tennessee Economy Needs?"
  by Rose Paxtor and Linda Rose
• "Immigrants, Education, and Labor Market: A Perspective from Four States"
  by Murat Arik
• "Immigrants, Employment, and Labor Unions: Nashville—Prospects for Coalition"
  by William Canak

Tennessee Housing Market: 1st Quarter 2008

Tennessee Housing Market: 1st Quarter 2008 (pdf, posted 05/19/08): The third in a series of quarterly reports on the housing market in Tennessee, supported by a Tennessee Housing Development Agency grant.

Global Commerce

Global Commerce spring 2008 issue ("State Trade with Africa: Recent Growth") is online. Steven Livingston writes: "The fourth quarter was the best of 2007 for state exporters but substantially behind the U.S."

Gas Prices Killing Confidence

From the Saturday Independent (Manchester, Tennessee, 5-13-08): "The high gas prices will probably have the result of lowering economic growth by one percent, said David Penn, director of the Business & Economic Research Center at MTSU."

Midstate Commuters Seek Other Modes of Transportation

From the Daily News Journal (5-11-08): According to BERC director David Penn, "Fuel prices are going to stay high for the foreseeable future.... It's a pretty good bet it will be up for the next 5 years."

Updated Indicators: Nashville MSA

Economic indicators for the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro MSA (4/29/08)

Health Industry Drives Job Growth

From the Tennessean (5-05-08): "Even with the drop-off in hiring, health care 'is still providing quite a lot of stability,' said David Penn, an economist at Middle Tennessee State University who tracks the job market and other local economic indicators."