RICHMOND, VA — (Marketwire) — 11/22/11 — With unemployment above 9 percent for more than two years, policymakers are grappling with how to create jobs. But many proposals, such as more fiscal stimulus, temporary tax breaks, and subsidies for private hiring, may not have the punch that their supporters hope. The in the latest issue of Region Focus magazine looks at these and other job-creation concepts.
Also in this issue:
The 2010 Wall Street reform law gives regulators the power to pull the plug on large financial companies in trouble — even if their shareholders want them to live. How will the law work?
Western North Carolina once depended on tobacco and cotton farms. Now server farms owned by such companies as Google, Apple, and Facebook are locating there. What do the companies like so much about this largely rural area?
Wilmington, N.C., was a hotbed of defense activity during World War II, especially in shipbuilding. It took all of the city-s resourcefulness to cope with the population boom, including more than 550 German prisoners of war.
on education reform with Derek Neal of the University of Chicago.
Region Focus covers the economy and business activities of the Fed-s Fifth District, which includes the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and most of West Virginia.
For free copies of Region Focus, contact the Bank-s Research Publications division at (800) 322-0565. The articles are available online at .
Contact:
David A. Price
Senior Editor, Region Focus
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Phone: (804) 697-8018