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Publication Type: Prosperity Watch

Rates of deep poverty are rising in NC and nation

Published February 05, 2018

Prosperity Watch (Issue 83, No.1) February 5, 2018 Just over 7 percent of North Carolina households live in deep poverty, according to the …

North Carolina’s labor force participation rate is steadily falling

Published February 19, 2018

Prosperity Watch (Issue 83, No. 2)  February 19, 2018 In North Carolina, the labor force participation rate has fallen steadily since 2007. This …

In 87 counties, there are more jobless workers than there are job opportunities

Published February 26, 2018

Prosperity Watch (Issue 83, No. 3)  February 26, 2018 Despite the unemployment rate dropping below pre-Recession levels in recent months, many North Carolinians …

Tax cuts have left N.C. in the middle of the regional pack

Published March 05, 2018

Prosperity Watch (Issue 84, No. 1)  March 5, 2018 North Carolina’s experiment with tax cuts was held up as an example last fall …

Some progress in North Carolina over 50 years, but barriers persist for African Americans

Published March 13, 2018

Prosperity Watch (Issue 84, No. 2)  March 13, 2018 Fifty years ago, the Kerner Commission concluded that “pervasive discrimination in employment, education and …

NC students eat school breakfast at higher rate than in nation, but there’s room to improve

Published March 19, 2018

Prosperity Watch (Issue 84, No. 3)  March 19, 2018 The School Breakfast Program is as an essential tool to ensure students have the …

2017 had slowest job growth for N.C., U.S. since first year of recovery

Published March 26, 2018

Prosperity Watch (Issue 84, No.4)  March 26, 2018 Job growth in 2017 was the slowest since 2010, the first year in which the …

Tax cuts make the country’s classroom challenge worse

Published April 03, 2018

Prosperity Watch (Issue 85, No.1)  April 3, 2018 Children’s educational success across the country is being undermined by budget cuts that – in …

Corporate tax cuts are a boon to shareholders, not state economies

Published April 09, 2018

Corporations are often at the center of conversations about job creation and taxes in our country today. As many economists have pointed out, …

North Carolina’s Upside Down Tax Code

Published April 16, 2018

Tax season comes to a close this week, and Tax Day serves as a good time to reflect on who pays taxes in …

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