Emily Corwin reported on economics for the StateImpact New Hampshire blog until the project merged with the New Hampshire Public Radio site in July 2013. She is now NHPR’s Seacoast Reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @emilycorwin, and find her stories on NHPR.org.
A lot is still unknown about the composition of New Hampshire’s next legislature — and what it will mean for New Hampshire’s economy. As many as 60 recounts could be necessary to determine who will make up the state’s 400 House members and 24 Senators. Continue Reading
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According to this New York Times exit polls interactive, Granite Staters…
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As election season in this swing state draws to a close, we ask: What effect does New Hampshire’s status as a swing state have on the state’s economy?
Economist Brian Gottlob says that the short, high-profile events of the general election can be costly for the cities that host them, and they don’t add much in terms of New Hampshire’s GDP. On the other hand, Gottlob says, the state’s status as first primary in the nation has a more noticeable economic effect — as a multitude of campaigns come through the state, staying for weeks rather than days. And while the advertising media are the biggest winners when it comes to soaking up campaign funds, Gottlob says, they are also big spenders. Major networks, he says, rent whole floors of hotels in the weeks leading up to the primary. Continue Reading
After reading our blogpost and checking out this sweet infographic, our audience is answering this question: are you better off today than four years ago? And how do you know?
We hope you’ll weigh in too, on Twitter, Facebook, or right here.
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Protecting New Hampshire from a broad-based sales or income tax has been a major issue in New Hampshire elections for decades – and this year’s state races have been no different. Over and over, voters hear Republican candidate for Governor, Ovide Lamontagne, accuse his Democratic opponent, Maggie Hassan, of supporting an income tax. Over and over, Hassan reiterates her pledge not to support a broad-based income or sales tax. Continue Reading
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In his acceptance speech at the GOP convention, Mitt Romney asked American voters “are you better off than you were four years ago when President Obama was elected?” The President responded with this: “we are absolutely better off than we were when I was sworn in and we were losing 800,000 jobs in a month.” “Better-off” can be measured in any number of ways, from mood to consumer-confidence. But job security is a good one.
Of course, your job security has a lot to do with what sector you work in. Let’s break it down: Continue Reading
Are you better off than you were four years ago? We hope you’ll read our blogpost and check out this sweet infographic on the subject. But really, we want to hear from you.
What metric would you use to decide if you’re better off? Job security? Your mood? Your home’s value, or something else? Continue Reading
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Hurricane Sandy has brought commerce to a halt across a geographic area worth $10 billion annually in economic activity. Will it help the economy, or hurt it?
Some economists will say hurricanes like Sandy produce enough economic activity to create a net gain. But they may not be taking into consideration what is known as The Broken Window Fallacy. Continue Reading
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A team of researchers at the University of New Hampshire has announced a new economic tool — something they’ve been developing for almost 12 years. The Lodging Executive Sentiment Index, or LESI, is based on a monthly survey of 20 lodging executives who run more than 55 percent of all lodging rooms in the country.
“Lodging is known to be closely linked to the general economy,” writes E. Hachemi Aliouche and two coauthors, in the study upon which the index is based. Their study found that lodging executives’ expectations are not only an indication of the hospitality industry’s well-being, but “can be regarded as leading indicators for retail sales, employment, interest rates, and stock prices.” Continue Reading
New Hampshire employers pay the 9th highest workers compensation premiums in the nation, according to a report from the Oregon Department of Consumer And Business Services. New Hampshire’s average premium of $2.40 per $100 of payroll is 128 percent of the national median. Click on the interactive map below, for more details.
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