Utah's Economy: First Signs of Recovery
In
the past few weeks much of the economic news has turned positive. Projections
for third quarter GDP have been raised to 2.9 percent, worker productivity is
up at an annual rate of 6.6 percent, new home construction has increased for
five consecutive months, the stock market continues its gains, the Case-Shiller
housing price index finally turned positive with a 2.9 percent increase for the
second quarter, consumer confidence is up, and perhaps most important, the rate
of job loss has decelerated substantially, from monthly losses of 700,000 jobs
to monthly losses of around 200,000 jobs.
Read the entire report:Download Utah Economy 057 August 2009
