Article: Link Between Federal Spending, D.C. Economy Shoots Down Some Myths

Article: Tanks a lot: increased federal spending fuels the ...
Hawaii Business;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... pumped more and more money into the local economy, primarily, in support of its military ... expenditures as the No. 1 contributor to the local economy. According to the U.S. Census Bureau ... billion in nondefense spending into the local economy, a 24 percent increase over 2000 ...

Article: Diversified Technology Base, Federal Spending Fuel ...
Business Wire;  March 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... March 13, 2001 A diversified technology base and the growth in federal spending are major reasons why the Washington area boasts the fastest-growing local economy in the United States, according to Paul Villella, President & ...

Article: The Local Economy's Driving Force
The Washington Post;  June 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... drink for the local economy. In a report on federal spending in the area ... aspect of the local economy. Continued growth in federal spending has bolstered ... estimates that federal spending accounts ... percent of the local economy. It doesn ...

Article: The Myth of Federal Spending
The Washington Post;  April 6, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... sharply reduced federal spending in the local economy. The research center ... months ago that federal spending probably increased ... the peak of the local economy's boom in the mid-1980s, federal spending for goods and services ...

Article: Federal spending impacts D.C.'s suburban and ...
Building Design & Construction;  June 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... diversification of the local economy, according to a Grubb ... expects that a decline in federal spending and the diversification of the local economy may make it more susceptible ... cycles. The direction of federal spending away from defense ...

Article: Further Cuts in Federal Spending Won't Derail ...
The Washington Post;  April 5, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... that a drop in federal spending has severely ... factor in the local economy. Yet the cutbacks ... the declines in federal spending here having no ... obviously is that the local economy is more diverse ... And although federal spending spurred ...

Article: Local economy booms along: '99 outlook bolstered by ...
The Washington Times;  December 28, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... enjoys a long-awaited revival, federal spending increases selectively, and Northern ... gear, analysts said. "The local economy outperformed the national economy ... and some selected increases in federal spending, even the District, whose economy ...