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North Carolina’s July unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.4% for the fourth consecutive month according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The national rate decreased by 0.1% to 3.5%.
Published: Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 @ 12:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A key measure of inflation rose to a new 40-year high in June, according to new data, marking troubling news for Americans as the economy officially entered a recession on Thursday.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 10:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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President Joe Biden suggested that the U.S. economy was not in a recession Thursday despite new economic data showing that the U.S. has entered a recession.
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2022 @ 1:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Be prepared for more market shocks, tax increases, inflation and pain at the pump
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 9:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s June unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.4% for the third consecutive month according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The national rate also remains unchanged at 3.6%
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After 10 months of steady decreases, North Carolina’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in May from April’s 3.4% rate, according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Monday, July 11th, 2022 @ 3:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remarks by President Biden on the State of the Economy and the Need for the American Rescue Plan
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 @ 9:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hardly a week goes by without hearing news that North Carolina or some North Carolina city or town is achieving a high ranking on a business or quality of life survey
Published: Saturday, November 24th, 2018 @ 12:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It is evident that Congress is unable to pass meaningful and significant healthcare reform
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2017 @ 4:56 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A quarter-century after its launch, the Global TransPark continues searching for a strategic plan that works.
Published: Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 @ 5:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina ranks No. 19 overall and is rising among all states when combining economic and personal freedoms, according to a major national report released today that used more than 230 variables to set the rankings.
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2016 @ 3:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor McCrory accepted the endorsement from the state's largest small business association during a morning press conference in Charlotte
Published: Sunday, September 11th, 2016 @ 10:43 am
By: McCrory Communications
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"North Carolina's economy is firing on all cylinders," said Governor McCrory. "North Carolina is home to one of the fastest growing economies in the nation, revenues are up above projections, unemployment is at an 8-year-low and more than 275,000 private sector jobs have been added since 2013."
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2016 @ 8:50 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today released the following statement on Donald Trump's selection of Governor Mike Pence as his Vice Presidential Nominee
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2016 @ 11:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since 2013, North Carolina has the #1 fastest growing economy in the nation, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis
Published: Monday, May 2nd, 2016 @ 6:35 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that an expansion by Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. will bring 275 new R&D and pharma-manufacturing jobs to Durham. The New Jersey-based...
Published: Thursday, April 28th, 2016 @ 12:01 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory joined nearly 300 state government and military leaders at a summit today to encourage hiring veterans in state government. The summit was part of Governor McCrory's efforts to make North Carolina the most military and veteran-friendly state in the nation by connecting...
Published: Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 @ 4:46 am
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina is putting more veterans to work thanks to a rebounding economy, strong job growth across the state and Governor Pat McCrory's emphasis on connecting transitioning military personnel with businesses and state government agencies
Published: Thursday, March 31st, 2016 @ 10:10 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following video reflecting on the past year and his initiatives to strengthen education, create jobs and career opportunities, build new roads that connect our communities and reform government to make it more accountable and efficient
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:42 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced that over the past year, inmates at state prisons and juveniles at a youth development center raised over 35,800 pounds of fresh produce and donated it to local food banks and other service organizations...
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 @ 12:09 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory joined Gordon Food Service employees, government officials, community stakeholders and business executives today at the Gordon Food Service Grand Opening and ribbon cutting ceremony
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2016 @ 2:18 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III joined over 200 business and education leaders today at the 7th annual small business summit to celebrate North Carolina's economic successes.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 @ 3:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Progressive critics of North Carolina's historic 2013 tax reforms are quick to seize on topline unemployment rate figures in an attempt to discredit the rate cuts. But a closer look shows that in fact our state has enjoyed stellar job growth since taxes were cut.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:54 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Casting himself as an outsider who came to Raleigh to right a listing ship of state, Gov. Pat McCrory formally announced his re-election bid Wednesday with a heavy emphasis on job creation and income growth that are part of what he calls the Carolina Comeback
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that North State Aviation will open an aircraft maintenance center at the North Carolina Global TransPark in Lenoir County, creating 109 new jobs over the next two...
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 @ 4:22 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Congrats, drive-bys. You demagogued a local crime story for months and months. You did all you could to inflame emotions.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 11:12 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Team Air, Incorporated will locate a new manufacturing facility in Rutherford County.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When a curious woman approached Benjamin Franklin as he was leaving the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787 and asked him what kind of government the delegates had given the people, he replied: "...A Republic, Ma'am, if you can keep it."
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 @ 10:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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North Carolina's February unemployment rate dropped in both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted measures, the state's Department of Commerce reported today.
Published: Sunday, April 1st, 2012 @ 3:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first decade of the 21st Century for North Carolina was a difficult one. In terms of the state’s economic condition, many may label it a lost decade.
Published: Sunday, February 5th, 2012 @ 3:45 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Beverly Perdue Tuesday proposed to raise the state sales tax rate by almost 16 percent in the midst of our state's worst recession in decades.
Published: Monday, January 23rd, 2012 @ 10:15 pm
By: Bill Cook
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