This week we do a year-end overview of the state of the MoCo macro – 2021 jobs and resident employment data, along with the recently released 2020 personal income and GDP stats for the County. The numbers tell story that will sound familiar – unemployment is up, employment is down, and at-place employment losses were …
In this final “flotsam and jetsam” of 2021, we cover several topics relevant to the future of the MoCo economy: the changing nature of commutes, the future of work, the bioscience industry, and some 2021 research and articles on the economics of inclusionary zoning. Changing nature of commutes The Institute of Transportation Engineers has been …
Real estate market analyses address the following questions: Is there demand for renting or buying the proposed project? Given competitive supply: How quickly will the project be absorbed by the market? At what rent/price point? How should the project be positioned in the market? A good market study is really a synthesis of supply and …
The County’s slow-mo economy and structural challenges take center stage in this month’s flotsam and jetsam. DYK that over the past decade, proprietors’ income in the County has dropped by an average of nearly 2% per year and the income from welfare and social assistance programs has increased by more than 8% per year? Yikes. …
