While the impact of the federal government’s spending reductions through sequestration will be greater than on other states, Virginia’s employment will still expand by 0.8 […]
Christine Chmura
Christine Chmura is president and chief economist at Chmura Economics & Analytics. She can be reached at chris@chmuraecon.com.
The unemployment rate in the Richmond metro area drifted down to 5.6% in March. That’s better than the national average of 7.6%, but the economy […]
(This column first ran in the Richmond Times Dispatch on April 8, 2013) Looking back over my years of forecasting, it’s clear that macroeconomic shifts […]
(This column first ran in the Richmond Times Dispatch on March 4, 2013.) Gross regional product in the Richmond metro area grew 2.9 percent in 2011, […]
(This column ran in the Richmond Times Dispatch on February 4, 2013.) Home affordability in the Richmond region stood at its highest level in the […]
Each of the nation’s 366 metropolitan statistical areas saw a year-over-year increase in personal income in 2011 — the first time since 2007. Richmond had […]