SBA In their most recent Paycheck Protection Program report, the Small Business Administration released loan approval data through to June 30th. In just the three days since their previous report, the number of approved loans increased by 4,432, up to 156,814. The dollar amount increased by $137,025,061, up to 14,502,923,640. Through the last reported period, […]
TSA Checkpoint With every TSA summary I have written so far, there has been a new traffic high. This week, however, has been the first time the previous week performed better than the current week. The high this week was 755,555—9206 lower than the previous week’s high. While this could just be chalked up to […]
June Sales Tax Overview Georgia’s June sales tax revenue has declined -2.7% compared to 2019. The hardest-hit industries are accommodation (-62.71%), miscellaneous services (-20.67%), and utilities (-16.06%). 4 Georgia industries posted positive sales tax growth in June: Other Retail (+18.71%), auto (+9.23%), other services (+4.69%), and general merchandise (+1.64%). The table below shows how the […]
Hotel Industry Overview: 6/14-6/20 Hotel Weekly Update Nationally, hotel occupancy was down 41.8% compared to 2019 this week. Atlanta was 6th out of the 25 biggest lodging markets in the US for the least occupancy rate declines (-39.4%), retaining its same spot as last week. Overall, occupancy rates appear to be improving slightly each week […]
Hotel Industry Overview: 6/7-6/13 Hotel Weekly Update Nationally, hotel occupancy was down 43.4% compared to 2019 this week. Atlanta was 6th out of the 25 biggest lodging markets in the US for the least occupancy rate declines (-42.30%), a decline from the #3 spot held at the end of May. Overall, occupancy rates appear to […]
Karen Bremer, CEO of the Georgia Restaurant Association (GRA), talks about THRIVE Georgia and discusses the health and well-being of Georgia’s restaurant owners, workers and customers through the reshaping of existing public policies.
Josh Rowan, Commissioner for the Atlanta Department of Transportation (DOT), discusses the impacts COVID-19 have had on future urban infrastructures and the improvements associated with them.
Based on the indexed performance of the top 30 municipal bonds in Georgia for the week of July 6-10, the bonds are up 2.0% YTD after a sharp decline in March, but still down from the market peak.
Key metrics based on the largest public firms in Georgia for the week of July 6-10
It’s no surprise that buying and selling houses has changed during this pandemic. It’s hard to say if these new practices will remain in place in the future or if things will go back to the way they were before COVID-19 hit. I suspect that at least some things will be forever changed, such as […]
Photo of an undetermined Georgia Tech home game during the 1918 college football season. That's when the sport was hit by the Spanish flu and the end of World War I.
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