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The New England Economic Partnership (NEEP) will explore "What’s Ahead After This Historic Election?" at the group's outlook conference to be held Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Jeffry Frieden, professor of government at Harvard University, will deliver a keynote...
The New England states continue to experience slow growth and slow recovery of the jobs lost in the 2008 to 2009 recession. The main reason for this is the continued weakness in global and U.S. economic conditions. The U.S. and New England economies continue to be affected by the weak European economy and sovereign debt crisis and by weakness in domestic and regional housing markets.The forecast f...
Demography is destiny, especially if you are in higher education. Consider:
There are 200,000 fewer children in New England today, compared with 10 years ago—a 6% decline.
The number of married couples with children has declined by 10% since 2000—and they now account for fewer than one in five New England households.
The number of single parents has grown by 9% since 2000, but t...
The New England economy continues to outperform the national economy. That is the good news. But both the region’s and nation’s economies continue to have low and staggered growth. The slow recovery from the 2008-09 recession is largely due to factors outside New England influence, including the European debt crisis, volatile energy markets and continued decline in the national housing...
The New England Economic Partnership (NEEP) and the Consulate General of Canada in Boston will explore economic connections between Canada and New England at NEEP's Spring Economic Outlook Conference to be held Thursday, May 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston....