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December 3, 2025
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Simon Says: Students break down economic forecast in CSRA

Yesterday, I gave my economic forecast with the help of two undergraduate economics students, Kacey Axon and Brandon Day. Due to the 40 + day delay caused by the feds shutting down the government, we’ve had an absence of local economic data for several months. This week, Kacey and I concentrate on long-term growth and summarize her research. Next Tuesday, we will cover Brandon’s analysis. In economics, when we talk about growth, we talk about an increase in real GDP. GDP is gross domestic product and is the total market

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe with Kacey Axon December 3, 2025 No Comments
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Checking the pulse of the Metro Augusta economy

About 100 CSRA professionals, educators, and business students attended the annual economic forecast, unlike any other in the previous 17 years of the breakfast event. Dr. Simon Medcalfe, Professor of Economics and Finance in the Hull College of Business, and a columnist for ABD, cautioned that there is no local economic data past Augusta, making it difficult to forecast for next year. However, it created an opportunity to look at long-term practices and how they can influence economic growth and development. “When economists talk about economic growth, we’re talking about

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 3, 2025 No Comments