1. Recession, Recovery and Now 2017 Update
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Bethlehem, Pa

3. Source: BLS

4. LV Business Sentiment Index The Overall Index
The Kamran Afshar - Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Survey

5. LV Business Sentiment Indices
The Kamran Afshar - Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Survey

6. Actual Purchasing Index
Last 6 months
The Kamran Afshar - Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Survey

7. Purchasing Plans Index
next 6 months
The Kamran Afshar - Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Survey

8. The Kamran Afshar - Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Survey
Hiring Index
Last 6 months
The Kamran Afshar - Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Survey

9. The Kamran Afshar - Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Survey
Hiring Plans Index
Next 6 months
The Kamran Afshar - Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Survey

10. Employment & Purchasing Plans Indices
The Kamran Afshar - Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Survey

11. How many employees are you planning to hire
Next 6 months
The Kamran Afshar - Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Survey

12. Initial Unemployment Claims
Lehigh Valley
Tight labor
market
PA Dept. Of Labor & Industry

13. Total Nonfarm Employment
ABE MSA
Source: BLS

14. Transportation/Warehousing vs. Healthcare Employment in the ABE MSA
Source: BLS

15. Manufacturing Employment
ABE MSA
Source: BLS

16. Change in contribution to the Valley’s GDP
ABE MSA
Source: BEA

17. Manufacturing Employment
Source: FED

18. Price of Oil
Source: U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Information Administration

19. University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

20. All Employees: Coal Mining
Seasonally Adjusted
Source: BLS

21. All Employees: Retail Trade: Department Stores
Seasonally Adjusted
Source: BLS

22. Truck Tonnage Index Seasonally Adjusted
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

23. Employed full time: Wage and salary workers: Driver/sales workers and truck drivers occupations
Source: BLS

24. UBER'S SELF-DRIVING TRUCK MAKES ITS FIRST DELIVERY: 50,000 BEERS
Source:

25. Two cutting edge U.S. nuclear projects bankrupted Westinghouse
Source:

26. Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers
Source: U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Information Administration

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