Recently, Phil Izzo in a Wall Street Journal blog (Oct. 20) discussed the state-level employment forecast from IHS Global Insight, which indicated Ohio would be among the states experiencing the slowest employment growth through 2017.
On average the forecast indicates about 1.2 percent average annual job growth in Ohio. Kentucky and Indiana are expected to perform slightly better, with 1.4 and 1.5 percent average annual employment growth rates. As no estimates for areas smaller than states were reported, it raises the question of how our region is expected to fare in the future.