Reports | Gulf Coast Business Council

Accurate research and sound policy positions are at the core of the Business Council’s mission. Through a generous grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, we significantly strengthened our commitment to this mission by hiring a full-time Director of Research and Policy. Created under the Gulf Coast Business Council Research Foundation, this position will produce timely and accurate regional economic reports for the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Special Reports

The latest Research Foundation Economic Snapshot Released April 4th, 2016

ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT MARCH 2015

RESEARCH UPDATE MARCH 2016

The report also includes updates on Employment, Sales Tax Diversions, Tourism, and Real Estate and Economic Development.

ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT DECEMBER 2015

RESEARCH UPDATE DECEMBER 2015

Highlights from the report include:

Year-to-date sales tax collections for the combined Mississippi Gulf Coast are up 6% through the month of October.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast has now expanded its combined municipal sales tax base in 14 consecutive months.
According to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, the sectors which have shown the largest job growth on the Mississippi Gulf Coast are manufacturing, retail trade, healthcare, and tourism.
Gulf Coast Business Council President Ashley Edwards comments on the report, “There has always been a correlation between sales tax growth and establishment jobs on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and we believe that we can carry this momentum into 2016.”

August 2015

Hurricane Katina 10 Year Benchmarks – 2015 vs. 2005

December 2011

Mississippi’s School Start Dates – Are They too Early?

April 2011

Mississippi Gaming Taxes – Why the Existing Regulatory Environment Works

January 2010
An Introductory Study of Later School Start Dates in Mississippi

February 2009
The Critical Need for Windpool Funding
How high insurance costs are impacting economy on Mississippi Gulf Coast

Mississippi Gulf Coast 3.0

August 2008
Survey of Residential Power Company Hookups

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