Posted on 06/10/2011 4:08:30 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A top economist says the announcement this week of hundreds of new jobs coming to Tennessee is further indication the state's economy is growing stronger.
Gov. Bill Haslam said Thursday that IQT Inc., a leading provider of customer relationship management services, is establishing its headquarters in downtown Nashville and plans to hire more than 900 people over the next five years.
The Republican governor followed that up the next day with an announcement that automotive parts supplier SL Tennessee is expanding in East Tennessee and creating 100 jobs.
Bill Fox is director of the University of Tennessee's economic research center. He says the state's job growth has been pretty solid and that the new jobs "further signals that we can expect pretty good job growth the next year or so."
These people are truely sad.
It was one company, and he mentioned another. I did not click on the link, but I HOPE that he is talking in a larger context (”reduced taxes, less union influence, better standard of living, etc.”) that is making Tennessee an inviting place for companies like X, Y and Z....
Uneemployment rate should drop to at least 7% tomorrow...
” but I HOPE that he is talking in a larger context (”reduced taxes, less union influence, better standard of living, etc.”) that is making Tennessee an inviting place for companies like X, Y and Z.... “
Given that the person making the extrapolation is an ‘economist, and probably uses the word ‘unexpectedly’ on a daily basis, that’s a pretty slender hope.....
What’s the attrition rate among Tennessee residents.
Wow. Just. Wow.
Huge growth, that.
A “top economist” my ass. =.=
I’m starting to think of TN as California sideways.
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