Tag: NC Chamber

The Chamber and the ACC

The NC Chamber has filed a friend-of-the-court brief siding with the Atlantic Coast Conference in its battle to make North Carolina’s courts the main battleground in its fight with Florida State and Clemson. The issue, the Chamber’s Legal Institute says, goes well beyond the reality that college sports is big business across North Carolina. To […]

Written by on January 21, 2025

Inflation risk still confronts the Fed, UNCC economist says

The Federal Reserve needs to clamp down on inflation now even if the cost is pushing the U.S. economy into a recession, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton says. Speaking at the NC Chamber’s annual economic forecast, Connaughton said that without counting energy and food costs, the underlying inflation rate is about 3.5%, significantly higher than […]

Written by on January 15, 2025

NC Chamber economic forecast

The Federal Reserve needs to clamp down on inflation now even if the cost is pushing the U.S. economy into a recession, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton says. Speaking at the NC Chamber’s annual economic forecast, Connaughton said that without counting energy and food costs, the underlying inflation rate is about 3.5%, significantly higher than […]

Written by on January 15, 2025

Chamber cheering for SB382 insurance change

The NC Chamber is rooting for the House to finish the override of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 382 so it can become law, but not because it claims a dog in any fight over things like judicial appointments or the oversight of the State Highway Patrol. Rather, it’s because the bill contains […]

Written by on December 6, 2024