According to James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, New Jersey has seen a “new demographic normal” since 2010 as people step away from the suburbs they once clamored for, and instead move into the...
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Slow-growing metro Philly falls to No. 7 nationally
Although residents have moved out, nearly 50,000 immigrants came to the city of Philadelphia in the same time period - and their numbers, experts said, are what counterbalance other losses, as in other Eastern cities. "What's keeping us from declining, for the most...
R/ECON: NJ's economy will continue to lag the nation's through 2025 while undergoing structural changes
Though New Jersey’s economy is performing better than in 2014, it will continue to grow more slowly than the nation’s through 2025 before keeping pace with the national rate over the next 20 years, said Nancy Mantell, director of the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service,...
NJ job growth: What place are we in nationally?
"Private-sector job growth stalled in April," Rutgers University economist James W. Hughes said. He added that the state remains on target to have its ... Asbury Park Press, May 27
NJ unemployment rate ticks up to 6.5% as it loses 6400 jobs in March
James Hughes, a Rutgers economist, said that the first quarter's growth pace translates into an annual addition of 34,000 jobs - about the same number as last year. NorthJersey.com, April 16
Insiders reap rewards of Chris Christie's Camden tax breaks
A top economist at Rutgers University's Center for Urban Policy Research, Nancy Mantell, said: "It always concerns me that you're just moving people around, not creating anything particularly new to the regional economy. And this is not going to help the places the...
Op-ed: Education critical to solving economic, employment issues
Opinion: N.J.’s economic growth must focus on better relationship between education, labor market This excerpt is from the Times of Trenton Guest Opinion column on Friday, May 10. Written by Thomas Little, a graduate student in the Master’s in Public Policy program at...
Industry experts cautiously optimistic for economic recovery, real estate market/investment trends
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — On Thursday evening, September 27, a panel of industry experts each expressed cautious optimism for a continued modest economic and real estate market and investment recovery at the “Real Estate Development & Economic Summit” sponsored by...
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