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Local Economic Stories to Jump on Now - Session 1 by Marilyn Geewax
1. As 2013 begins…
(At Least) 5 Local
Economic Stories to
Jump On Now
Day One
Marilyn Geewax
NPR Senior Business Editor
2. What We Will Explore Today
• The 2013 Economy: Another Recession
Coming? Or A Boom?
• What Does President Obama Want?
• What Does the GOP-led House Want?
• What Do Business Groups Want?
• What Does Labor Want?
• Tomorrow: How can you find local
angles?
6. 2008 Was A Brutal Year
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-growth
7. Try to Remember…
• Think Back to January 2008.
• Did You
Realize Then
That The U.S.
Economy Was
Tanking?
8. You Rarely Know What’s
Happening in Such a Big Economy
The slowdown in the housing
sector “is a concern, but at this
point we don't see it as being a
broad financial concern or a major
factor in assessing the course of
the economy.”
-- Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
Speaking to the House in February
2007.
9. POLL QUESTION #1
Please answer by clicking the radio button on the upcoming screen.
What’s coming in 2013?
• A recession
• A boom
• Slow growth
• I don’t know.
10. What’s Coming in 2013?
Q. Another Recession?
Or A Boom?
A. Most economists say
the economy is
growing, but at a
sluggish pace.
11. Jobless Rate – The Key Number
• 7.7 percent today, which is lousy
• But in October 2009, it was 10 percent
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000
15. GDP Is Rising
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-growth
16. POLL QUESTION #2
Please answer by clicking the radio button on the upcoming screen.
Which state has the lowest
unemployment rate?
• Oregon
• North Dakota
• Virginia
• Nebraska
17. Fair To Say the Economy is Uneven,
with Huge Regional Differences
• North Dakota is looking great, with 3.1
percent unemployment.
Oil rig in Williston, N.D., by Flickr user lindsey gee
18. POLL QUESTION #3
Please answer by clicking the radio button on the upcoming screen.
Which state has the highest
unemployment rate?
• California
• Florida
• Nevada
• Arizona
19. Fair To Say the Economy is Uneven,
with Huge Regional Differences
• North Dakota is looking great, with 3.1
percent unemployment
• But in Nevada, the
jobless rate remains
nearly 11 percent.
Photo by Flickr user Thomas Hawk
20. Some Economists Think 2013
Could Bring Much Better Growth
Three reasons:
1. Energy Expansion
2. Agriculture Boom
3. Construction Resumption
21. Booming Oil Industry Struggling
to Fill Job Openings
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/09/152366886/booming-oil-industry-struggles-to-fill-jobs
22. Farmers Have Been Adding Land
Abby Fentress Swanson/Harvest Public Media
24. POLL QUESTION #4
Please answer by clicking the radio button on the upcoming screen.
On a scale of 1 (Nevada – highest
employment) to 5 (North Dakota – lowest
employment)…
Where would you rank your state’s
employment?
25. What Does President Obama
Want?
• More Jobs
• Deficit Reduction
• Corporate-Tax Reform
• Immigration Reform
• More Green Energy
• Transportation-Infrastructure Upgrades
http://www.whitehouse.gov/economy
27. What Do House Republicans Want?
• Lower Corporate Taxes
• Cut Federal Spending
• Expand Energy Extraction and Refining
• Reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
http://www.speaker.gov/initiatives
28. GOP Has Had Few Wins Lately
Win McNamee/Getty Images
29. What Does Business Want?
• Corporate-Tax Reform
• More Spending for Roads, Bridges, Ports
and Airports
• Immigration Reform
• Better Schools and Universities
• Tort Reform
http://tinyurl.com/b9ka87z
30. What Does Labor Want?
• More Spending for Transportation,
Schools and Energy Infrastructure
• Trade-Policy Reforms
• More Federal Aid to State and Local
Governments to Prevent Layoffs
• Wall Street Reforms
• Minimum-Wage Hike
http://www.aflcio.org/Issues
31.
32. By Tomorrow:
Email your favorite local economic stories
to Cassandra.Nicholson@businessjournalism.org.
We’ll share the links!