Chmura was mentioned in a recent in a post from Thomas Nelson Community College:
RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Education Wizard has now served more than 200,000 unique visitors since its introduction last spring. Virginia’s Community Colleges launched the Wizard in March as a one-stop resource to help students and [...]
CHRISTINE CHMURA TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST
Published: November 9, 2009
Employment growth foreseen by midyear Employment is one of the most closely watched economic reports because it covers all sectors of the economy.
During this time of economic transition out of recession, it is even more closely watched to provide evidence for when [...]
By Jennifer Buske
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Original Story
A new tool for the business community could be on the way as Prince William officials and Northern Virginia Community College look to open a workforce development center in the eastern end of the county.
"We are" [...]
By Jennifer Buske
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Original Story
A new tool for the business community could be on the way as Prince William officials and Northern Virginia Community College look to open a workforce development center in the eastern end of the county.
"We are" [...]
The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is used to measure competition in a banking market. Ranging between and 10,000, the HHI is the sum of the squares of the market share (based on deposits) of each firm competing in a market. Lower HHIs correspond with more competition. According to the U.S. Department [...]
Bill Freehling at Fredericksburg.com writes:
The segments of the local retail market that are tied to the housing market have taken perhaps the biggest hit during the recession.
Sales of furniture/home furnishings and building materials have suffered the worst of the declines in the Fredericksburg area, Christine Chmura told about 210 [...]
CHRISTINE CHMURA TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST
Published: October 5, 2009
They say it's hard to find two economists who agree with each other, and that seems especially true regarding the recession.
For example, in summer 2008, I had dinner with some friends and James F. Tucker, my former boss and mentor at the Federal [...]
Michael Schwartz, staff writer for the Hampton Roads Business Journal writes:
“Today I finally have some good news.” It’s a rare statement for an economist these days.
Nevertheless Richmond economist Chris Chmura took the leap last week, proclaiming in a keynote presentation at the first Hampton Roads Global Business Conference [...]
This edition of the Virginia Economic Trends marks the 10th anniversary of the publication. As a result, our feature article is a look back at the last ten years in Virginia and significant events impacting the economy over that time frame. This period began during a time of strong [...]
Emily Dooley of the Richmond Times-Dispatch mentions Chris Chmura in her article A year ago today, financial meltdown began:
November 2008
Several local companies announce major cutbacks, affecting hundreds of jobs.
Consumer-electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy Nov. 10.
Title insurer LandAmerica Financial Group Inc. files for bankruptcy two [...]
This article was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
CHRISTINE CHMURA TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST
Published: September 7, 2009
What does economics tell us about the proposed universal health-care plan?
Volumes of books and perspectives literally are published on health-care economics. Honestly, it's too complex to thoroughly analyze in this column.
So, let's just discuss [...]
Chris Chmura was recently quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article. Read the full article.
Christine Chmura, president and chief economist with Chmura Economics & Analytics in Richmond, said gross domestic product, the basic measure of a nation's economic performance, should turn positive during the current quarter. GDP is the [...]
This article was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on August 3rd, 2009
Losing a job is, to say the least, difficult. Receiving severance or unemployment insurance helps pay the bills, but the mental anguish and uncertainty about finding a new job can be hard to overcome. Typically, the unemployment [...]
Roanoke, Virginia's implementation of JobsEQ, the Career Concourse, and BusinessEQ was recently featured on WDBJ7. Watch now:
The City of Roanoke is making a powerful economic development tool available to local businesses and job seekers.
Training for the system is also provided. The best part for users is, it's free.
The city's Office [...]
The Economic Impact of I-73 on the I-73 Corridor in West Virginia, a study Chmura prepared for the King Coal Highway Authority, was released today.
The construction and ongoing existence of I-73 will inject hundreds of millions of dollars into the I-73 Corridor and provide jobs for workers in construction, [...]Stuart Mease, Special Projects Coordinator, City of Roanoke Virginia, recently mentioned JobsEQ® in a guest blog we wrote at strengtheningbrandamerica.com. Here is an excerpt:
From a traditional economic development perspective, the City has worked with firms like Chmura Economics and Analytics who have created its Jobs EQ technology [...]
Roanoke, VA — The City of Roanoke’s Office of Economic Development announces that JobsEQ® Suite — a new economic development tool—is now available to help local businesses and job seekers make more data-driven strategic decisions. Access to this software is free to businesses, organizations, and individuals at www.roanokeva.gov/ businesseq. Users must [...]
The just released 2nd quarter 2009 edition of the Ohio Economic Trends features an overview of the government sector in Ohio and its six largest metropolitan areas. Over the past ten years, from 1998 to 2008, overall employment in Ohio contracted while government employment expanded. The government job growth [...]
Read about Chris Chmura in the recent Richmond Times-Dispatch article Meet the experts:
Christine Chmura is one of our key sources on all things dealing with the economy, according to business writer Emily Dooley, who reports on the Virginia economy.
"She has a tremendous amount of knowledge about not only what" [...]
Chris Chmura was quoted in a recent Richmond Times-Dispatch article by David Ress:
The Federal Reserve's Open Markets Committee did pretty much as expected yesterday, leaving its key interest rate target unchanged between zero and 0.25 percent and sticking to plans to purchase government bonds and asset-backed securities.
Analysts and economists [...]
This post was contributed by Meredith Walker, who writes about the online college directory. She welcomes your feedback at MeredithWalker1983 at gmail.com.
This is a question that economists the world over have been pondering ever since unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcies reached all time highs in 2008 and 2009. With many [...]
The second quarter 2009 edition of the Virginia Economic Trends features the expansion plans of the Robert Russa Moton Museum in Farmville, the site of a 1951 student walkout which was part of a string of events leading to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. [...]
Chris Chmura was recently quoted in an article by Emily Dooley of the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
EMILY C. DOOLEY TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Published: June 9, 2009
The Richmond region has lost more jobs than any other metro area in the state, an economist said yesterday.
From when employment -- the number of jobs -- [...]
The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy published the following new release announcing their 10th annual Virginia Economic Forecast, which was written by Chmura Economics & Analytics.
Dr. Christine Chmura, one of the state's top private economists, said today that Virginia is doing better economically than the country overall' [...]
The following article was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It has also been featured on Bacon's Rebellion
Christine Chmura
June 2, 2009
The national recession continues to take its toll on the Richmond metropolitan area.
About 28,000 people in the region have lost their jobs since the area' [...]
Carol Hazard of the Richmond Times-Dispatch writes:
Nine of Virginia's 10 metropolitan areas -- including Richmond -- experienced smaller unemployment lines in April from March, according to a report released yesterday by the Virginia Employment Commission.
Despite that drop, the rate is expected to increase this year statewide and nationally --' [...]
A study performed by Chmura Economics & Analytics was featured in an article by Susan Elzey:
BY SUSAN ELZEY
SPECIAL TO THE REGISTER & BEE
Published: May 23, 2009
Although Clifton Glasscock, the general manager of Buffalo Wild Wings in Danville, knew that VIR benefitted his business, he [...]
On May 23, 2009, Emily Dooley of the Richmond Time-Dispatch writes:
Virginia's jobless rate remained steady from March to April, but economists say it's too early to celebrate the end of the recession.
While the nation's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose 0.4 percentage points to 8.9 percent in April, Virginia's stayed [...]
A study done by Chmura Economics & Analytics was mentioned in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph:
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Despite the national economic downturn, Tazewell County officials say they are still on target to advertise the first phase of the planned Bluestone Regional Business and Technology Park for construction this [...]
Published April 5, 2009 in the Richmond Times-Dispatch
If you've ever gaped at a huge winter heating bill, griped at the price of what you remember as a 10-cent candy bar or groaned when filling the car's gas tank tops $50, falling prices sounds like a good thing.
But they may [...]
The current recession is hitting Ohio more sharply than the 2001 recession. Employment in the state dropped at a 4.1% year-over-year pace in January 2009, eclipsing the 2.5% peak rate of decline in the previous recession. The unemployment rate reached 8.8% in Ohio in January, far above the 6.5% peak [...]
VCCS has released a great introduction video of the Virginia Education Wizard on their youtube channel:
Read more about the Wizard in our previous post: Virginia Education Wizard - Community colleges launch Web site for career planning
[...]In her March 12th article, Community colleges launch Web site for career planning, Emily Dooley of the Time-Dispatch covers the Virginia Education Wizard, a site that Chmura Economics & Analytics developed for the Virginia Community College System. In addition, the Wizard utilizes Chmura's patented JobsEQ software.
College and career' [...]
State and regional data in the first quarter 2009 edition of the Virginia Economic Trends show the depth and breadth of the recession which has taken a firm hold on Virginia’s economy. The state lost over 30,000 jobs in 2008 and the unemployment rate jumped from 3.2% to 5.4% [...]
Chris Chmura's article Allow toxic assets to be sold by banks has also been featured in Bacon's Rebellion Newsletter
[...]A study written by Chmura Economic & Analytics was mentioned by Greg Jordan in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph:
TAZEWELL, Va. — A project that could generate almost 900 jobs in both the public and private sectors received a boost Wednesday when the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority presented $1.5 [...]
CHRISTINE CHMURA TIMES-DISPATCH GUEST COLUMNIST
Published: February 23, 2009 in the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Another $787 billion in "stimulus" later, and we still haven't fixed the banking or housing issues that hamstring our economy. Can we relieve some of the bank issues without throwing billions more at it?
In September, I' [...]
Greg Pearson, staff writer for the Chesterfield Observer, covered Chris Chmura's recent speach to the Home Building Association of Richmond in his article Housing to bounce back next year?
Dr. Chris Chmura of Chmura Economics and Analytics told a somber group of real estate professionals last week that 2009' [...]
The Career Concourse was mentioned in a recent article by Emily Dooley of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, New Web site for job seekers in Richmond area:
The Greater Richmond Partnership launched a Web site this week aimed at helping area residents find local jobs.
RichmondJobNet.com is free and intended for people who [...]
Chris Chmura was recently quoted in a an article by Carol Hazard, Builders urged to wait for bounce:
This year will be a tough one for homebuilders, but if they can hang tight through 2009, next year should be much better.
"Once we get out of the recession, we expect to" [...]
Richmond.com recently published Attention Job Seekers, a story hilighting the launch of the Greater Richmond Partnership's RichmondJobNet.com site. Specifically mentioned in the story is Chmura's JobsEQ Career Concourse.
Site visitors are encouraged to register to receive a periodic newsletter providing job seeking tips and news about the area [...]Chris Chmura is quoted in Mortgage jobs are available, an article written on February 4th, 2009 by Peter Bacque of the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Nearly 200 more temporary -- but relatively long-duration -- jobs for mortgage professionals will be opening up in the Richmond area soon.
Staffing firm Aerotek is [...]
Chris Chmura delivers a presentation at Virginia's Gateway Region 48th Annual Meeting. The PowerPoint slides are available below.
Gateway Region from Chmura Economics.
PowerPoint slides:
' [...]
Chris Chmura is quoted in a Recession makes a rocky path, a recent article by Duncan Adams at The Roanoke Times:
As recession-stirred layoffs escalate in the Roanoke and New River valleys, residents of the region long for good news.
For the most part, this isn't it.
Historically, the Roanoke Metropolitan' [...]
Times-Dispatch staff writers John Reid Blackwell and David Ress writes:
But consumers worried about keeping their jobs and falling stock portfolios have cut back on spending. Sales at U.S. retailers fell 2.7 percent in December, the government reported Wednesday.
Christine Chmura, president of Chmura Economics & Analytics, a Richmond-based economic [...]
Though the current recession is different in character than the previous recession, a comparison of key indicators offers some context for expectations. The fourth quarter 2008 edition of the Ohio Economic Trends includes comparisons of Ohio's performance in the past recession as well as performance to date in the' [...]
Chris Chmura was quoted in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Article "533,000 jobs lost in Nov., U.S. reports":
STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Published: December 6, 2008
An alarming half-million American jobs vanished last month, the worst mass layoffs in over a third of a century, as the nation hurtled toward what could be [...]
Though the current recession is different in character than the previous two recessions, a comparison of key indicators in each recession can offer some context for expectations. The fourth quarter 2008 edition of the Virginia Economic Trends includes comparisons of Virginia's and each state metropolitan area's performance in the [...]
Richmond International Airport (RIC), the gateway to Virginia's Capital Region, plays a vital role in the Central Virginia regional economy. RIC and its tenants contribute annual sales of more than $800 million to the local economy based on the measurable benefits of airport operations, business efficiencies, visitor spending, and their' [...]
13 months ago, it was 5.25%; analyst expects another cut in December
Written by Carol Hazard of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Read the full article.
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The Federal Open Market Committee, in its statement yesterday, said the financial turmoil is likely to curtail consumer and business spending.
"The pace of economic activity appears to" [...]
OnStage was recently mentioned on the Deziner Folio Blog - Online Project Management Tools
OnStage is an online workspace, collaboration, and project management tool. It is a simple tool for complex ends.
[...]This additional feature will radically simplify the way many users will interact with OnStage. No longer does a user need to go to the OnStage website to reply to a message stream. Once you receive a message, [...]
Chris Chmura is quoted in a recent Richmond Times-Dispatch article:
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The job losses across Virginia also affect other businesses, which in turn could lead to more layoffs.
For every job lost at the Qimonda plant, for instance, about 1.4 other jobs could be affected among various vendors, contractors and suppliers of [...]
OnStage was recently featured in Business Today Egypt:
Projects ManagementJob growth in level one high-tech industry was strong in the state over the year ending with the first quarter of 2008 as the metropolitan areas of Dayton, Akron, and Cleveland performed notably well. Over the year ending with the first quarter of 2008, level one high-tech employment expanded 2.9% [...]
OnStage was recently featured on Emily Chang’s eHub!
OnStage
A web-based collaboration / project management service. There's a free version as well as multiple language versions. Scribd's iPaper is integrated so you can view files in the browser. The company has been around since 1999 and [...]
OnStage was recently included on the list of "270+ Tools for Running a Business Online" under the Task Lists, Planning & Project Management category.
[...]The third quarter 2008 edition of the Virginia Economic Trends has been released and is available for purchase through this website. The feature story in this issue, written by Second Pillar Consulting, looks at the impact of proposed regulatory changes on Virginia’s banking industry that will affect both borrowers and investors. [...]
OnStage was listed as one of the top project management tools on the Daily Netizen’s 100 Must-have Web Tools for Telecommuters- Best of the Best!
OnStage Project Portal: Use this simple tool as an online work space, collaboration tool, and project management platform. [...]
Tom Shean of The Virginian-Pilot quoted Chris Chmura in his article: Wall Street's financial meltdown raises many questions. Here are some excerpts from the article:
Does this turmoil threaten the safety of insured deposits at commercial banks?
No. Concerns about financial weakness at a California savings bank, IndyMac, triggered a run' [...]
In a recent article by Emily Dooley and Carol Hazard of the The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Chris Chmura of Chmura Economics & Analytics and Dean Croushore of the University of Richmond and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia weighed in on the potential damage. Here are some [...]
Thanks for supporting the National MS-Society during our August 16 – 17 ride from Cleveland Ohio to Sandusky. With your help, Cycle Times raised a total of $6,965! Below are some of our team photos.
[...] The Jamestown 2007 economic impact study that Chmura Economics & Analytics wrote was recently featured on dailypress.com: 400th anniversary gala sparked $1.2 billion in sales statewide. Here are some excerpts from the article:
WILLIAMSBURG - Visitor spending associated with the 400th anniversary of Jamestown's settlement generated more than $1' [...]
One of the new features of Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, is application shortcuts. This cool feature allows you to create an icon on your start menu, desktop, or quicklaunch bar that will open directly to OnStage. To do this, first click the document icon to the right of [...]
Google recently made an exciting announcement, the release of their own web browser, Google Chrome. Since this browser is based on the WebKit platform (the same platform that Safari uses), OnStage Project Portal works flawlessly in Google’s new browser. If you do experience any problems using OnStage [...]
Listen to an excerpt of Chris Chmura's interview on 90.3 WCPN, a local Cleveland radio station, regarding the Cleveland economy.
For the second year running, Ohio has two cities among the nation's poorest. According to U.S. Census numbers, almost 30 percent of Clevelanders lived in poverty last year, making it [...]
Emily Dooley, staff writer for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, quotes Chris Chmura in her most recent article: "Expect strong economy in 5 years, experts say". Some excerpts:
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Within five years, housing prices should stabilize and jobs should return.
"By 2013, you should be feeling pretty good about economic growth," said Christine Chmura, [...]
The "Jamestown 2007" economic impact analysis report, which was recently completed by Chmura Economics & Analytics, was released today. Read the full report here: Economic Impact Analysis of the America’s 400th Anniversary: Jamestown 2007 Commemoration on the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Here are some highlights from the report:
The America’s 400th [...]
Chmura Blog reader, Cliff Fox, recently asked the following question:
Aren't the financial challenges currently facing our economy the result of overly rapid development of the "global economy"? I am not an economist; however, the U.S. in exporting its industrial base attempted to rotate housing and commercial real estate development [...]
The following article, Coping with hard times, was written by Robert Powel at Virginia Business Magazine:
Virginia businesses face soaring gasoline prices and a slowing economy as they enter August. What are their prospects for the last four months of the year and for 2009?
Virginia Business teamed up with [...]
Virginia Business has teamed up with up Chmura Economics & Analytics in Richmond to take stock of the commonwealth’s economy. Here are some excerpts from this report which offers an overall assessment and a look at conditions in regions throughout the commonwealth.
If you’re looking for good economic news, [...]
By CHRISTINE CHMURA
TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST
As the national economy goes, so go the regions in Virginia. Well, not always.
The latest data for nonmetropolitan areas show that employment in Southwest Virginia grew 1.4 percent last year, compared with 0.9 percent in the state.
The region encompasses the counties of Lee, Wise, Scott, [...]
Louis Llovio, staff writer for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, quoted me in his article Coming to Short Pump:
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West Broad Village will be the second major development in the county to open within the next year. The Shops at White Oak Village is set to open in eastern Henrico in [...]
Manufacturing employment has been in decline in Ohio—a trend forecast to continue—which has ramifications for economic and workforce development in the state. The feature article of the now released second quarter 2008 edition of the Ohio Economic Trends talks about the relationship between workforce and economic development and how [...]
The Free Enterprise Forum recently posted an article covering the latest Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy publication, "The Housing Recession". This annual publication is written and researched by Chmura Economics & Analytics. Free Enterprise Forum states that this report “required reading for all citizens living [...]
The second quarter 2008 edition of the Virginia Economic Trends has been released. Both print and electronic versions of the Virginia Economic Trends can be purchased through this website. The feature story in this issue, "The Productivity Difference," is sponsored by the T3 Technologies. An excerpt follows:
From [...]
Emily Dooley of the Richmond Times-Dispatch writes:
Recession-proof businesses - and jobs - do exist.
Many are necessity-based, experts and economists say.
Health-care operations, for instance, tend to be one of those businesses.
"The health-care industry is fairly recession-proof because if you're sick, you go to the doctor or the hospital regardless of your [...]
By CHRISTINE CHMURA
TIMES-DISPATCH GUEST COLUMNIST
You would think we'd have a clearer picture by now whether we're in recession. In some ways it seems to be the opposite.
Some economists remain adamant that the nation won't go into recession. They point out that real gross domestic product rose in the first [...]
The TechnoLawyer NewsWire, "a weekly newsletter that briefly discusses and provides links to three hot new technology products and services of interest to legal professionals," has posted a short review of OnStage:
ONSTAGE: IT'S THE CALENDAR, STUPID
Chmura believes that project management requires a shared calendar. As a result, its [...]
Harry Minium of The Virginian-Pilot referenced a Chmura study in his article Slump doesn’t slow tide of projects in downtown Norfolk:
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City leaders have spent money on downtown redevelopment over the objections of some community leaders, including members of Norfolk Tea Party II, an anti-tax group, which has said the [...]
New Feature: Customized URL's
We are pleased to announce that OnStage now offers customized site URLs. You and your users can access your OnStage site by browsing directly to a URL such as your existing organization home address! A custom URL will allow [...]
Beth Mirza, senior editor of HR News Magazine quoted me in her article, Virginia Workforce Development Summit Highlights Best Practices:
Best Practices
Virginia SHRM chapters and government, education and business leaders shared their successes and lessons learned in workforce development. Christine Chmura, an economist heading Chmura Economics & Analytics, presented [...]
Emilio Dooley of the Richmond Times-Dispatch writes:
Finance edged by health care as top employer
VCU Health System No. 1 for first time among private firms
Sunday, Apr 20, 2008TOP 50 AREA EMPLOYERS
The Richmond Times-Dispatch's 16th annual Top 50 area employers section examines trends in full-time equivalent employment in [...]
In his article, Government work force rises, Will Jones of the Richmond Times-Dispatch writes:
Just as the Richmond area is growing, so is its need for teachers, librarians, police officers, dispatchers and other municipal workers.
The number of full-time equivalent jobs at local governments and school systems in the 20 localities [...]
Monday, April 21, 2008.
By CHRISTINE CHMURA
TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST
We've now logged four months of contraction in key economic indicators. Along with continued signs that the credit crunch is affecting the overall economy, it's highly likely that the nation is in recession.
Recessions are tough on people who lose [...]
The first quarter 2008 edition of the Ohio Economic Trends has been released. Both print and electronic versions of this publication can be purchased through this website. This publication details the economies of Ohio and its six largest metropolitan areas; it also includes a [...]
New study shows region got $1.84 billion from visits in 2006
In a story on tourism in Richmond, Emily Dooley of the Richmond Times-Dispatch writes:
Visitors to the Richmond region doled out about $1.84 billion in 2006 and spent enough time in bars, restaurants, theaters and shopping malls to support 25,990 [...]
Emily Dooley of the Richmond Times-Dispatch writes:
The work week increased in the manufacturing sector, where production workers averaged 4 hours of overtime each week. That is 2.9 hours more than during the same period last year and the longest work week since the state began gathering work-week numbers in the [...]
Fairfax Office Closing as Jobless Claims Rise; Work Goes to Alexandria, Woodbridge
Alejandro Lazo, staff writer for the Washington Post writes:
The Virginia agency charged with processing unemployment claims is retrenching just as workers are beginning to feel the pinch of the economic slowdown.
The Virginia Employment Commission said yesterday that [...]
In today’s metro business section, Richmond Times-Dispatch takes a closer look at the legal industry in the Richmond metro region and how Richmond has evolved into a “city of law and order”.
Chmura Economics and Analytics helped Times-Dispatch reporter prepare the story. Chris Chmura provided a series of data regarding [...]
Three local analysts assess the downturn and what may be next
Sunday, March 23, 2008.
Some excerpts from a Richmond Times-Dispatch web chart regarding the local economy in which I asked to participant:
Bear Stearns has a near-collapse. The markets fall. The Federal Reserve lowers interest rates. Recession looms -- or is [...]
A study written by Chmura Economics & Analytics has been featured in the Roanoke Times: Study highlights financial benefits for I-73 communities. From the article:
A new business-backed study describes the proposed Interstate 73 as an economic bonanza for those Virginia communities where new pavement would be built.
It says [...]
By CHRISTINE CHMURA
TIMES-DISPATCH GUEST COLUMNIST
Stock prices continue to fall and economic reports remain negative. Are we in a recession yet?
Last month's column reviewed how the National Bureau of Economic Research, the official arbiter of recession, defines a recession. Since it identifies the month in which a recession begins [...]
The first quarter 2008 edition of the Virginia Economic Trends has been released. Both print and electronic versions of this publication can be purchased through this website. This publication details the economies of Virginia and each of its metropolitan areas; it also includes a national profile and feature [...]
I have another quote in the Richmond Times-Dispatch article by John Reid Blackwell: Defense is the key - Va., Richmond-region companies stand tall in supplying military.
Defense suppliers, large and small, can protect Virginia and the Richmond area from the worst effects of an economic downturn, said Christine Chmura of [...]
In Effects of housing slump spread - Furniture, auto sales fall, and home improvement stalls amid uncertainty, Carol Hazard of the Richmond Times-Dispatch writes:
Housing has been declining in the U.S. -- and the Richmond area -- since January 2006, said Christine Chmura of Chmura Economics & Analytics. She [...]
With no end of the housing downturn in sight, more and more people's life are affected, not just the mortgage bankers or real estate agents. Those people affected include home inspectors, landscapers, and truck dealerships. Richmond Times-Dispatch did an article on how all those businesses are negatively impacted by the [...]
