From The Kojo Nnamdi show: After the Great Recession and during the Obama presidency, millennials flocked to the nation’s capital in droves. Symbolically, the district represented change and idealism. Practically, it was also a hub for jobs. Local leaders welcomed them, marketing the city as a hip home where they could start their careers. But…
From The Washington Business Journal: Greater Washington has a jobs problem. It’s not the overall number of jobs the region continues to add month after month, including 67,600 added on an annual basis in August, it’s that these jobs pay less and contribute less to the economy — and that can cause problems for the…
From The Washington Business Journal: Greater Washington is poised to bounce back from a weak 2016 by posting above-average regional growth this year and the next, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Stephen S. Fuller Institute at George Mason University during its new annual economic forum. While the region saw just 1.1 percent growth…
From George Mason University: Noted George Mason University economist Stephen Fuller updated his 2015 regional economic roadmap for an invited group of 250 business and policy leaders at an inaugural conference hosted by his Stephen S. Fuller Institute for Research on the Washington Region’s Economic Future on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The intent of the conference at George…
From The Washington Post: Ryan Ferguson rode into Washington with other millennials who arrived en masse after the Great Recession. The city’s burgeoning tech scene was a draw for him, and young workers infused the city with a vibrancy that touched and transformed neighborhoods like Columbia Heights, Petworth and the H Street NE corridor. It…
