Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2025
DOI
10.25776/y32s-6g23
Publication Title
2025 State of the Commonwealth Report
Pages
2-51
Abstract
As we near the end of 2025, we now have sufficient evidence that economic activity has slowed in Virginia. The civilian labor force and the number of individuals reporting they are at work has fallen in 2025. Weekly continued unemployment claims, which capture individuals who are unemployed, looking for work, but have not found work, have been higher for each week of 2025 when compared to 2024. Job growth has continued, but the economy is buffeted by tariffs and declines in federal employment.
Repository Citation
Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy, Old Dominion University, "Part 1: Virginia's Economy Slows as Challenges to Growth Rise" (2025). State of the Commonwealth Reports. 87.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/soc_reports/87