In recent years investment in renewable energy has grown for a number of reasons, including increased efficiencies, government policies, and the environmental movement. Regardless of the myriad of reasons, renewable energy has created jobs in the U.S. Based on data from the 2010 Brookings Institution report, “Sizing the Clean Economy,” there are approximately 130,000 jobs […]
Top Trends of the Millennial Generation
July 19, 2011 By
Top Trends of the Millennial Generation Move over Baby Boomers; the millennials are charging forward. These estimated 77.4 million millennials will be the driving force behind future market changes for many years to come and will comprise over 25 percent of the U.S. population. Despite discrepancies in timeframes, most consider any individual born between 1980 […]
How Does Your State Measure Up?
May 19, 2011 By
GDP is an aggregate measure of total economic production and represents the market value of all goods and services produced by an economy during the period measured. The Nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009, the latest data available from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, was over $14 trillion, with a GDP per Capita of […]