ECONOMY

Kingsport-Bristol sales tax collection stumble in May – growth rate still leads region

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May was a down month for sales tax collections in Tennessee. Only two metro areas managed a year-over-year gain – Clarksville, and Knoxville. Statewide seasonally adjusted collections were 0.4% better than May last year. Here in Northeast Tennessee Kingsport-Bristol’s collections… Read More ›

Keep a weather eye on trade war’s affect on Eastman and Bell Helicopter

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Many in the media and pundits have been talking about a trade war, but now it looks like the real thing is here. The U.S. is now involved in a disagreement with six out of its top export markets which,… Read More ›

Kingsport-Bristol continues strong sales tax collections; rental market competition heats up

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April was a good sales tax collections month for Northeast Tennessee metros areas everywhere except Morristown. For the third straight month, Kingsport-Bristol led the region in the year-over-year metric. It also outperformed April’s state increase and was second to Clarksville… Read More ›

Kingsport-Bristol sales tax collections cool off, but strongest in NE Tenn.

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Sales tax collections in the Kingsport-Bristol Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) cooled from their February eye-popping year-over-year increase, but it didn’t give up the growth leader position for Northeast Tennessee. The only market metric where it declined was the March v…. Read More ›

Kingsport-Bristol blows the doors off Feb. sales tax collections

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Kingsport-Bristol Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) sales tax collections were up an eye-popping 15.6% over February last year and 17.6% better than January following a disappointing beginning of the New Year performance. Both month-over-month and year-over-year collections as reported by MTSU… Read More ›

Knoxville, Morriston MSAs see most of NE Tenn. 2017 growth

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Northeast Tennessee’s 2017 population increased by almost 12,000 people according to the Census Bureau’s 2017 estimated population report. The lion’s share of that growth was in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which also saw the region’s only natural population… Read More ›

Sales tax collections down ever where except Morristown

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January was a tough month for sales tax collections in the Tri-Cities and across Northeast Tennessee’s other metro areas – with the exception of Morristown. Morristown was the only NE Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) with an increase and it… Read More ›

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