SEDE Bulletins

State Economic Development Bulletin – August 2020

Latest News Increased Consumer Interest Correlates with COVID-19 Hot Spots (Yelp). As people began resuming common pre-pandemic activities – specifically, frequenting restaurants, bars, and gyms – a clear spike in COVID-19 cases within those locations quickly followed. Yelp website and mobile app activity data shows a statistically significant correlation between an increase of consumer interest […]

State Economic Development Bulletin – July 2020

Latest News U.S. Economy Won’t Grow as Fast as Expected Over Next Six Months (Congressional Budget Office). The Congressional Budget Office downgraded its near-term assessment of the U.S. economy’s growth as it struggles in response to the shock of the coronavirus pandemic. In May, the CBO projected real gross domestic product to expand at 21.5% […]

State Economic Development Bulletin – June 2020

Latest News Where the Small Business Administration’s Coronavirus Disaster Loans are Going (Washington Post). About 40 percent of the SBA’s economic injury disaster loan (EIDL) program funding as of early June was captured by four states: California, New York, Florida, and Texas. A few states with relatively small economies received an outsize share of the […]

State Economic Development Bulletin – May 2020

Latest News   State Economic Development Officials Collaborate to Counter the Pandemic’s Impact (Pew Charitable Trusts). As states grapple with the unexpected and dramatic changes brought on by the novel coronavirus, economic development leaders are playing important roles in the emergency response. They are helping to ensure that health care workers have the equipment they […]

State Economic Development Bulletin – April 2020

Latest News   Regional Business Conditions and Long-Term Recovery from COVID-19 (Greater Washington Board of Trade). The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency with far-reaching and severe economic impacts. Tom Barkin, President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, explained what the Fed has done to address the pandemic crisis and how […]