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What Kind of Recovery? Vermont’s Economy in 2010. By Richard Heaps. The Vermont Economy Today. The economy hit bottom in late 2009 The recession has ended and the recovery is starting to take hold What is a recovery Labor markets are near bottom. Spending on Taxable Retail Goods.
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What Kind of Recovery? Vermont’s Economy in 2010 By Richard Heaps The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
The Vermont Economy Today • The economy hit bottom in late 2009 • The recession has ended and the recovery is starting to take hold • What is a recovery • Labor markets are near bottom The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Spending on Taxable Retail Goods The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Spending on Meals & Rooms The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Sales of Vermont Homes The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Prices of Vermont Homes The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Incomes of Vermonters The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Vermont Job Growth: 2005-09 The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Job Changes: Jan 08 to Nov 09 The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Job Changes: Jan 08 to Nov 09 The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Unemployment Up in 2009 The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Job Losses Across Vermont(Q2 08 to Q2 09) The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
How Bad is this Recession? The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
2010: The Start of theEconomic Recovery • How a recovery develops • When will it start? • Why measure by job growth? The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Path of this Recovery The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Where Will the New Jobs Be? • From 2010 to 2012, about a 3% gain or 8,000 jobs • Nearly all in the private sector • All sectors participate in the recovery • Health care leads – one-third of all new jobs The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
VT Unemployment Rate • Vermont’s economy will look better measured by the unemployment rate • It is 6.4% now? • Rises to 7.0% for 2010 • Falls to 6.2% in 2011 and 5.3% in 2012 The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Vermont Real Family Incomes • 2008 and 2009 were -2.7% & -2.5% • 2010 – just a 0.5% gain • 2011 – back to normal +2% to +3% The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010
Housing Recovers • What is recovery? • Existing home sales up 30% in 2010 to 11,000 units --- then flat • Prices fall another 5% in 2010 --- then flat • New permits modestly grow in 2010, then up 20% in 2011 and 30% in 2012 The Vermont Economy Newsletter - January 8, 2010