“When Eastman Chemical sneezes, the Tri-Cities gets a cold.” It’s been that way for a long time and the current community mindset hasn’t changed. And it wasn’t always just Eastman. Remember the Kingsport Press, Mead, North American Rayon, American Bembert,… Read More ›
ECONOMY
Kingsport-Bristol, Johnson City, Knoxville pace each other’s Sept. sales tax collections gain
The retail sales tax collections stars aligned for three of the four MSA in NE Tennessee in September. Year-over-year collections in Kingsport-Bristol, Johnson City and Knoxville were close to each other – very close. According to MTSU’s Business and Economic… Read More ›
Some Johnson City residents who work in their home town did better after recession that other local cities
Changes caused and augmented by the Great Recession were deep, dramatic and some are still not risen to broad public attention. This post is another dive into the Census Bureau’s Local Employment Dynamics data in an attempt to better define… Read More ›
Seasonal slump slows but doesn’t stop Tri-Cities jobs, wage increase trend
The Tri-Cities labor market made it through the bottom of the annual seasonal slump with 300 fewer jobs that it had in June and 2,400 more than July last year. Average private sector wages also increased, but the year-over-year gain… Read More ›