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UT Report Says Tennessee Business Outlook “Precariously Positive”
“I would characterize our outlook as precariously positive,” said Larry Kessler, research associate professor at the Boyd Center and project director. “The labor market has cooled and downside risks are elevated, but consumer spending in Tennessee ha...
The ChattanooganAccording to a recent article from The Conversation, Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship Christina Hymer, along with her colleagues, has delved into what it means to "be" Santa. Exploring beyond the surface, the researchers, inc...
HoodlineAfter the COVID migration wave, can Tennessee sustain high growth?
Tennessee saw one of its largest population increases in history in 2021, according to the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Kuhn said the Boyd Center’s projections for the region look like t...
The TennesseanEnglish-Language (ELP) Violations: Are They a Sign of Unsafe Trucking Carriers?
Commercial Carrier JournalSupply chains are unusually slow for this time of year. Here’s what that may mean.
Companies have a few reasons to order fewer goods this coming year. Tom Goldsby, a professor of supply chain management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, said for one, companies don’t know how consumer spending will hold up, given how diffic...
MarketplaceEast Tennessee economy outpaces national average, UT professor says
University of Tennessee Professor Michael Kofoed said Knoxville is growing faster than the rest of the country, and that a rapidly aging population is a key economic driver. “It is pretty much being driven by two sectors health care and restaurant...
WATE TV KnoxvilleEast Tennessee economy outpaces national average, UT professor says
University of Tennessee Professor Michael Kofoed said Knoxville is growing faster than the rest of the country, and that a rapidly aging population is a key economic driver. “It is pretty much being driven by two sectors health care and restaurant...
WATE TV KnoxvilleHow to save 33% on your Thanksgiving feast
The cost of a Thanksgiving meal is up more than 10% in the past year, according to the University of Tennessee Extension’s consumer economics leadership team. However, it is possible to save big on the Thanksgiving staples. You just have to be willin...
Fox 13 MemphisUniversity of Tennessee Faculty Member’s Research Aims to Improve Drug Safety Monitoring
“Our study shows that the ECC equals traditional methods’ results using just one-tenth of the data,” Zhou says. “Using ECC should enable materially earlier postmarket ADR detection, which could prevent serious public health safety concerns when new d...
EurekAlertCollege and work gap widening between young men and women, study finds
A new University of Tennessee study highlights a growing divide between young men and women in college, work, and use of leisure time, drawing attention to the differing paths between them compared to years past. The report, released by UT’s Boyd...
Fox 17 NashvilleData shows Tennesseans enrolling, completing, advancing through Tennessee Reconnect
The 2025 Navigate Reconnect Report, developed by the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research, shows strong and sustained progress for adult learners supported through Tennessee Reconnect, the state’s free tuition program for adults returning t...
Kingsport Times NewsEdward (Ed) Taylor, a research associate at the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee, told the State Workforce Development Board that artificial intelligence can both substitute for and complement human labor ...
Citizen Portal AIUS Mint stops penny production after more than 230 years in circulation
"The very nature of currency is evolving," Don Bruce, a University of Tennessee economics professor, said. "If you look at the history of currency and the history of coins, these things have been evolving for hundreds of years, and there's no reason ...
THV11, Little Rock ArkansasThe not-so-hidden silver lining of the Covid-era supply chain crisis
In fact, the supply chain crisis of the Covid era, in which seemingly every possible domino fell down in perfect, worst-case succession, could probably turn even the most optimistic among us into Murphy’s Law converts. “Anything that can go wrong…” ...
CFO BrewTennessee aims to attract research facilities as state manufacturing job growth slows
“This industry is growing in terms of production, but it’s shrinking in terms of employment,” Celeste Carruthers, professor of labor economics at the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business, told The Tennessee Lookout. Those patterns can b...
Tennessee LookoutUPS, FedEx ground some cargo fleets after deadly Kentucky plane crash
“I understand the circumstance and will gladly receive it when it arrives,” Tom Goldsby, professor of supply chain management at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, told the AP. “People and businesses don’t have a lot of understanding (about th...
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