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CBER News and Events

  • Sergiu Tatarov has joined the CBER faculty this fall as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar.   Tatarov comes to CBER from Chisinau, Moldova, where he is the Deputy Minister of Local Public Administration at the Academy of Public Administration.

  • Information about Census 2010

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Current Publications

Current Economic Indicators

   
U.S. Unemployment Rate (SA)
Increase0.4 pts (10.2% Oct 2009)
U.S. Consumer Price Index
Increase0.3% (Oct 2009 SA Index 216.4)
TN Unemployment Rate (SA)
No Change0.0 pt (10.5% (p) Oct 2009)
U.S. Consumer Confidence® Index  
Decrease5.7 pts (Oct Index: 47.7, 1985=100)
U.S. Payroll Employment
Decrease190,000(p) in Oct 2009
U.S. Leading Index
Increase0.3% (Oct Index: 103.8, 2004=100)
U.S. Average Hourly Earnings
Increase$0.05 (p) in Oct 2009
TN Unemployment Insurance Claims
Decrease25.6% (Sept  34,356 Initial Claims)

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Center for Business and Economic Research

College of Business Administration
The University of Tennessee
716 Stokely Management Center
916 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, TN 37996-0570  USA
Voice: (865) 974-5441
Fax: (865) 974-3100
Email: CBER

CBER in the Media

October 18, 2009
CBER eCommerce study:  "States Push for Online Sales Tax" (J. Scott Orr, Parade Magazine)
October 16, 2009
Matt Murray in "UT Report: Tennessee Economy is Improving but Road to Recovery is Long" (Nashville Business Journal)
October 12, 2009
CBER study on eCommerce:  "The Monster that Ate the Recovery" (Eric Torbenson, New York Post)
September 27, 2009
Bill Fox:  "4,000 Exempt from Sales Tax" (Jonathan Ellis, Sioux Falls Argus Leader)
September 25, 2009
Bill Fox:  "Pr. George's Cuts Stir Debate: When to Break the Piggy Bank?" (Jonathan Mummolo, Washington Post)
September 19, 2009
Bill Fox:  "Life After 'No New Taxes'" (Lori Sturdevant, Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota)
June 25, 2009
Bill Fox:  "Amazon Fights Sales Tax Drive, Despite Modest Impact" (The Wall Street Journal, Scott Morrison, Dow Jones Newswires)
June 15, 2009
Bill Fox:  "Report: UT Impact Reaches $915 Million" (Nashville Business Journal)
May 11, 2009
Matt Murray: "Economy Spurs Demand for Literacy Programs" (NPR, Matt Shafer Powell)