{"id":495,"date":"2025-09-17T01:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/?p=495"},"modified":"2025-09-19T01:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:22:04","slug":"9-17-25-talking-economics-on-jed-jr-mornings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/2025\/09\/17\/9-17-25-talking-economics-on-jed-jr-mornings\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/17\/25: Talking Economics on &#8216;Jed &amp; JR Mornings&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/09\/image-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/09\/image-5.jpg 256w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/09\/image-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/09\/image-5-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>CRER director and chief economist Howard Wall talked about the local economy in the wake of recent workforce reductions in Chattanooga at VW, Wacker, Miller Industries, TVA, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and others. 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