Report ranks Alabama high for economic momentum in 2021
MONTGOMERY â Gov.Kay Ivey announced that Alabama ranks among the top states for economic momentum in a new analysis that evaluates key measurements of economic performance in 2021. State Policy Reports, a Washington, D.C.-based publication, ranked Alabama No. 8 in its Index of State Economic Momentum for the first quarter. The stateâs score was 1.31, compared to a national average of zero. The index ranks states based on their most recent performance in three important measures of economic vitality: personal income growth, employment growth and population growth. Gov. Ivey said Alab...