economics

From Campus to Capitol: How a University Town, a Solar Startup, and Policymakers Turned the 2024 US Recession into ROI Gains

Setting the Stage: Macro Signals and the Onset of the 2024 Recession During the Great Recession of 2008-2009, the U.S. unemployment rate spiked to 10.0%. The 2024 recession rattled the economy with a sharp GDP contraction of 0.6% in Q2, a climb in unemployment from 3.6%