Source: WRAL TECHWIRE, 10/27/21

 A decline in COVID delta variant cases is a “big positive” for the North Carolina economy with an improving jobs picture and a surge in building permits driving up propsects for growth, says N.C. State economist Dr. Michael Walden. Walden, who has retired from teaching, still compiles the monthly NCSU Index of North Carolina Economic Indicators. And he says the September report is bullish, surging nearly 3%.

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