Source: Rick Smith, WRAL TECHWIRE, 12/2/19

The New Year of 2020 will not be a booming year economically for North Carolina after recent years of more robust growth, says North Carolina State University economist Dr. Mike Walden. In a report issued Monday, Walden predicts “modest” job growth that will be lower than the increase seen in 2019. He also sees the unemployment rate climbing as more people return to the workforce after having given up finding a job as well as continuing net increase of people moving to the Tar Heel state.

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