The Regional Economic Research Institute (RERI) was developed to perform economic research, analysis, and forecasting for both the region and the individual economic development organizations in this area. The structure of the RERI includes partnership with the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council and the area economic development organizations.
The director of RERI is Dr. Gary Jackson, Assistant Professor of Economics in the Lutgert College of Business.
Highlights
Documents most recently issued by the Institute include
Our Monthly Report:
Regional Economic Indicators, January 2010. 
(24 pages)
Dr. Jackson's comments at the release of the report on January 28, 2010:
The newest economic information continues to indicate that we are in a slow and gradual recovery. Consumer confidence has continued to rise although it still indicates that there is considerable concern about the economy and the speed of recovery. Unemployment continues to be high and it is likely that we may see some higher unemployment during the first couple months of this year before we start to see some declines. I also included a brief summary of Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke's housing bubble presentation to the American Economic Association earlier this month in the introduction to this month's report.
The most recently issued study:
Southwest Florida Regional Business Incubator Planning Study,
August 27, 2009 (220 pages)
This report is a strategic planning study for a regional business incubator network for Southwest Florida. The basic purpose of this research is to identify best practices, regional issues and characteristics, and recommend a development plan for a regional business incubator system for Southwest Florida.
Many additional documents that can be reviewed and downloaded are available on the Reports and Studies page.
Links to our partner organizations are available on the Links pagae.
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