CBER News and Events

• Bill Fox named one of the most influential people in the state and local tax world over the last 10 years in State Tax Notes magazine by contributing editor David Brunori (read the full article here:  The All-Decade State Tax Team)
  
  
• Sergiu Tatarov has joined the CBER faculty this fall as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar.   Tatarov comes to CBER from Chisinau, Moldova.  Formerly Deputy Minister of Local Public Administration at the Academy of Public Administration, Tatarov now serves as a lecturer at the Academy.
  
  
• Information about Census 2010

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Position Announcement

• Research Associate I (posted July 8, 2009)

Current Publications

• An Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee: 2010 
• Supply and Demand for Teachers in Tennessee (joint publication of CBER-UT, & TN Department of Education, & TN Higher Education Commission)  
• Tennessee County Population by Age and Gender, 2000 to 2008 (interactive spreadsheet with graph)
• Population Projections for the State of Tennessee, 2010-2030 (joint publication of CBER-UT & Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations)
• Subcounty (Place) Population Data for Tennessee, 2008 
• Annual Resident Total Population Estimates and Components of Change:  Tennessee Counties, 2000 to 2008 
• Annual Population Estimates and Components of Change:  U.S. , States and Puerto Rico, July 2008 
• Business Attitudes Towards Education in Tennessee
• Education Crossroads (A Report for the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury)
• Looking for Opportunity in Tennessee's Manufacturing Sector (A Report for the UT Institute for Public Service)
• The State of Manufacturing in Tennessee

Current Economic Indicators

U.S. Unemployment Rate (SA) 0.3 pts (9.7% Jan 2010)	U.S. Consumer Price Index 0.1% (Dec 2009 SA Index 217.5)
TN Unemployment Rate (SA) 0.7 pt (10.9% (p) Dec 2009)	U.S. Consumer Confidence® Index   2.3 pts (Dec 2009 Index: 52.9, 1985=100)
U.S. Payroll Employment 20,000(p) in Jan 2010	U.S. Leading Index 1.1% (Dec 2009 Index: 106.4, 2004=100)
U.S. Average Hourly Earnings $0.04 (p) in Jan 2010	TN Unemployment Insurance Claims 51.6% (Dec 2009 50,566 Initial Claims)
p preliminary / SA seasonally adjusted / pts points month-to-month change:  increase     decrease     no change