The North Carolina Economic Survey 1999
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Foreword: ROBERT F. MULLIGAN

I. North Carolina Forecast

North Carolina Gross State Product: a 1999 and 2000 Forecast from the Keynesian Perspective
KEEYA McMANUS & KELLEY BARNWELL

North Carolina and South Carolina Unemployment Rates: a Forecast for the Years 1999 and 2000
CHRISTINA GUIDOS & BETH WALL

II. U.S. Aggregate Output

Gross Domestic Product: a Year 2003 Forecast  TANYA BRACKEN

A Forecast of U.S. Gross Domestic Product for the Year 2010 Based on the Growth of Consumption and Population  JOSH ROPER & DEBRELL GARY

U.S. Gross Domestic Product: a Year 2000 Forecast from a Simple Aggregate Expenditures Perspective
ROBERT F. MULLIGAN

III. U.S. Aggregate Consumption, Saving, and Investment

U.S. Consumption Expenditure and Gross Domestic Product  SHAWN M. TIGNOR

Real Durable Goods Expenditures as a Predictor of Future Consumption Spending
JONATHAN ESSER & RYAN FINLEY

A Two-year Forecast of U.S. Real Personal Savings based on the U.S. Unemployment Rate
JASON SIMES & PEGGY CARTER

Gross Private Domestic Investment: a Year 2000 Forecast using Past Interest Rates  CHRIS SHOOK

A Quarterly Forecast of U.S. Investment using Per Capita Income from a Simple Aggregate Expenditures Perspective  DEVIN ANDERSON & A.J. BELL

IV. Employment, Unemployment, and the Labor Market

A Two Year Forecast of the Unemployment Rate  DOUG MERTZ & MARK WELLS

U.S. Inflation Rates and Unemployment: a Forecast for 1999 and 2000
CYNTHIA SMATHERS

V. Business Indicators

Housing Starts: a Year 2000 Forecast using Long Term Interest Rates and Total Consumption Spending
JASON M. MYERS & SCOTT C. SMITH

Real Estate Lending: a Year 1999 and 2000 Forecast as a Function of the 30-year Treasury Rate and the Consumer Price Index from a Simple Aggregate Expenditures Perspective    BYRON McCLURE & KELLEY CRAWFORD

Changes in Consumer Outstanding Credit Debt
JASON CARSWELL & LAURA SHADRICK

Forecasting Japanese GDP: How will U.S. Imports and Exports be Affected?
RYAN M. FINLEY

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

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