IN OTHER NEWS – A new study names three Georgia cities that feel economic shifts first acting as early warning systems for the economy.
Release:
- 3,021 business leaders surveyed on which Georgia cities feel economic shifts first.
- Gainesville considered #1 in the state.
- Interactive map showing each state’s ‘signal city’.
Just as swing states help predict political outcomes, certain U.S. towns act as early warning systems for the economy. These “signal cities” are so attuned to local shifts in hiring, consumer behavior, or supply chains that their tremors often ripple across the entire state.
To uncover which towns hold this predictive power, MarketBeat, a financial media company, surveyed 3,021 business leaders, asking: where does change happen first? The result is a map of communities that economists might want to keep a closer eye on – not for what’s already happened, but for what’s coming next.
Business leaders in Georgia said these are the state’s top ‘signal cities’:…