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The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently released third-quarter numbers for 2025, showing a gross domestic product (GDP) increase of 5.6% for North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 @ 7:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The labor market lost considerable momentum last year, with only 584,000 jobs added, averaging 49,000 positions per month.
Published: Monday, January 19th, 2026 @ 2:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Bureau of Labor Statistics has the facts
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 8:20 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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NC State researchers in 2016 found that 80 percent of North Carolina beachgoers would either not return to a beach rental if wind turbines were visible — or require an unreasonable discount for spoiled views
Published: Saturday, May 6th, 2023 @ 3:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Cooper released his recommended budget for the biennium today. The General Assembly has already begun budget writing, and the Governor’s recommendations, in this case, are purely political.
Published: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 @ 11:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The plan acknowledges adding more solar and wind generation raises rates and harms job creation
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 5:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The question isn’t whether a massive buildout of offshore wind capacity off North Carolina beaches would lead to fewer jobs and less economic growth than otherwise, but how extensive the losses would be
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 9:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As tax reform heats up across the country, high-tax states should take notice
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2022 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More and more taxes
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2022 @ 4:52 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Lower income taxes allow people to keep more of their hard-earned money and spend it on their needs
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2022 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Inflation is at 9.1%, the economy is in a recession, and after a year of back and forth, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) agreed to a massive tax and spending bill.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 4:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fiscal takeaways from the President’s FY23 budget proposal
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It looks like Cheri Beasley has read the polling that Americans believe inflation is one of the most urgent issues facing the country.
Published: Thursday, February 24th, 2022 @ 8:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In terms of crime and public order, the middle decades of the 20th century were a period of remarkable tranquility.
Published: Thursday, January 27th, 2022 @ 11:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joe Biden closed out 2021 with the worst jobs report of his presidency so far.
Published: Friday, January 7th, 2022 @ 1:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Biden “plan” is not working. These are just a few of the ways experts are describing the worst jobs report of the year.
Published: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @ 11:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Researchers found that President Biden’s first budget proposal would reduce economic growth by 1% over the next decade.
Published: Saturday, July 3rd, 2021 @ 7:59 am
By: Daily Wire
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Remarks by President Biden on the Economy
Published: Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 @ 10:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Biden on the April Jobs Report
Published: Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 @ 9:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This morning’s jobs report shows an acceleration in job growth in February and an upward revision to January’s job growth.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 3:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Editors at Issues and Insights wonder why advocates of an increase in the government-mandated minimum wage ignore clear, convincing evidence of its ill effects.
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2021 @ 8:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Council of Economic Advisers Member Jared Bernstein
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The economy added 49,000 jobs in January after losing 227,000 jobs in December.
Published: Saturday, February 6th, 2021 @ 4:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki
Published: Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021 @ 2:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As he nears inauguration this week, President-Elect Joe Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion relief package.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 @ 11:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As Tears for Fears sang in the 1980s, everybody wants their taxes lower.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has repeatedly referred to his economic lockdown strategy as a “dimmer switch approach” to gradually reopening the state’s economy.
Published: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 @ 10:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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There are about 300,000 fewer jobs in North Carolina today than there were in February, before the start of the COVID-19 recession.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2020 @ 2:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The eye-popping potential top marginal tax rates on taxpayers under Joe Biden’s tax plan in states like New York recently made national headlines.
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2020 @ 8:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina’s economy, battered by COVID-19 itself as well as government’s costly attempts to contain its spread, is still struggling to recover.
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 @ 7:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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According to the latest jobs report, North Carolina’s headline unemployment rate fell to 6.5% in August, down from 8.5% in July.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 @ 12:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina, like the nation, is facing three crises: COVID-19, racial strife and the economy.
Published: Saturday, July 25th, 2020 @ 11:54 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Adam Thierer and Trace Mitchell write at Real Clear Policy that the Trump administration has highlighted the need for occupational licensing reform.
Published: Thursday, March 12th, 2020 @ 7:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is a great deal of public discussion right now about the minimum wage.
Published: Tuesday, August 27th, 2019 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Richard Furlough
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