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Weldon Cooper Center

Eric Scorsone is the executive director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. Photo courtesy U.Va.
May 13, 2025

Virginia could lose 32,000 jobs in 2025, U.Va. estimates

Virginia may lose 32,000 jobs in 2025 amid federal cuts and rising unemployment, according to a new forecast by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

Va. economic outlook is positive, says Weldon Cooper Center forecast
Feb 11, 2025

Va. economic outlook is positive, says Weldon Cooper Center forecast

Virginia’s long-term economic outlook is positive, according to the University of Virginia‘s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service’s inaugural economic forecast released Monday. Weldon Cooper economists predict Virginia’s gross domestic product in 2025 will increase 2.4%, outpacing national GDP growth. The U.S. GDP’s growth is expected to be 1.9% this year, slower t[...]

Some SWVA communities see younger population stabilize
Jan 30, 2025

Some SWVA communities see younger population stabilize

In Southwest Virginia, the trend of outmigration among younger people appears to be slowing and even reversing in some counties. The decline in the population aged 25 to 44 in Wise and Lee counties has slowed during the first half of the 2020s compared with the early 2010s, according to University of Virginia Weldon Cooper […]

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