{"id":32,"date":"2024-03-21T23:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/?p=32"},"modified":"2024-04-25T19:25:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:25:39","slug":"blog-post-chattanooga-and-its-regional-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/2024\/03\/21\/blog-post-chattanooga-and-its-regional-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/21\/2024: Chattanooga and Its Regional Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/02\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68\" style=\"width:404px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/02\/Picture2.png 515w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/02\/Picture2-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Chattanooga metro economy does not exist in a vacuum. Like every other metro area in the United States, it is subject to the ups and downs of the national economy. If the U.S. economy is doing well then Chattanooga\u2019s probably is, too. Given its location, geography also plays a role. Chattanooga lies at the center of a square whose corners are larger metro areas that, for the most part, have been performing better than the national economy, are close by, and are connected directly to one another by interstate highways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/business\/2024\/03\/21\/chattanooga-and-its-regional-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the whole thing.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/gary-w-rollins-college-of-business\/center-for-regional-economic-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/footer-2-1024x232.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/footer-2-1024x232.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/footer-2-768x174.png 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/footer-2-1536x347.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/footer-2-580x131.png 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/footer-2-610x138.png 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/footer-2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chattanooga metro economy does not exist in a vacuum. Like every other metro area in the United States, it is subject to the ups and downs of the national economy. If the U.S. economy is doing well then Chattanooga\u2019s probably is, too. Given its location, geography also plays a role. 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