Recent Media Stories Featuring Prof. Lanza
“Democrats Launch Investigation of Grocery Prices as Inflation Remains a Concern Heading into Fall Elections,” CT Examiner, April 11, 2024.
“Tax Burden by State,” WalletHub, April 2, 2024.
“High Grocery Prices Have Shoppers ‘Kind of Freaked Out,'” Hartford Courant, January 29, 2024.
“Lanza: CT Will Add 10,000 Jobs in 2024–Here’s Why,” Hartford Business Journal, January 8, 2024.
“Yale, HHC Proton Cancer Treatment Center Back on Track, Work to Begin in Wallingford Later Next Year,” Record Journal,” November 23, 2023.
“Changes in Inflation by City,” WalletHub, October 12, 2023
“Most & Least Independent States,” WalletHub, June 28, 2023.
“Egg Prices on a Roller Coaster Ride as Production Ramps Back Up,” CT News Junkie, May 16, 2023.
“Economist Tells Waterbury Chamber He’s Not Expecting Full Recession,” Republican-American, April 25, 2023
“Storm Clouds Hover Over U.S., CT Economies,” Hartford Business Journal, January 9, 2023.
“Inflationary Crunch: We’re Still Being Battered, But We Can Catch Up (Or Get Close),” Republican-American, November 24, 2022.
“Analysis: GDI Signals Connecticut is on an Economic Plateau,” CT News Junkie, November 22, 2022.
“Reports Indicate Connecticut GDP Fell in Second Quarter,” The Center Square, November 1, 2022.
“Labor Shortage Impacting Connecticut’s Economic Recovery,” The Center Square, November 1, 2022.
“Stefanowski is Tying Lamont to Rising Costs. But Do Governors Have a Role in Rising Costs?,” CT Insider, July 18, 2022.
“Groceries, Gas and Real Estate: Here’s How CT Families are Being Affected by Inflation and What Can Be Done to Improve the Economy,” CT Insider, July 9, 2022.
“Is Our Economic Sky Falling? UConn Economist Weighs In on Inflation Concerns,” Connecticut Public Radio, All Things Considered, March 9, 2022.
“Legislators Consider Bill to Restrict Non-Compete Agreements, Disagree on Workplace Impacts,” The Connecticut Examiner, March 2, 2022.
“2022’s Property Taxes by State,” WalletHub, March 2, 2022.
“Supply and Demand are Making Gas Prices High. Would Cutting the Federal Gas Tax Help?,” Connecticut Public Radio, February 28, 2022.
“Connecticut Workers are Quiting Their Jobs. Employers are Holding on Tight to Who’s Left,” Connecticut Public Radio, February 18, 2022.
“Connecticut Economists Sound Off on Democratic and Republican Tax Proposals,” The Connecticut Examiner, January 10, 2022
“Lanza: Variants, Supply Chain Issues and Labor Shortages Still Loom in 2022,” Hartford Business Journal, January 3, 2022
“Prices for Heating Oil, Propane Rising Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in CT. Here’s Why,” CTInsider.com, November 6, 2021
“In-Person Workers Are Slow to Return to Jobs, Data Shows,” Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts, September 9, 2021
“Connecticut Heating Oil Prices on Decline, Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels,” The Connecticut Post, August 23, 2021
“Low Wage Employment in Connecticut Remains Down 32 Percent,” Yankee Institute, August 11, 2021
“Pharmacy Giant CVS Health Corp Will Raise Its Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour by Next July, a Full Year Ahead of the State of Connecticut,” The Hartford Courant, August 4, 2021
“Bond Commission Grants $2M for Downtown Ansonia,” CT Public Radio, July 26, 2021
“Soaring Home Sales Leave Revaluation Questions,” CT News Junkie, July 20, 2021
“Economists Debate Connecticut’s Steep Drop in Workforce Numbers,” The Connecticut Examiner, July 15, 2021
“Connecticut Offers $1,000 Hiring Bonus for Long-Term Unemployed,” The Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2021
“Quarterly Newsletter to Provide Analysis of Connecticut’s Economy,” CT News Junkie, May 4, 2021
“New York One of the Highest Taxed States in the Country, According to Study,” The Center Square, March 25, 2021
“States With the Highest & Lowest Tax Rates,” WalletHub, March 9, 2021
“CT Business Starts Set Record Pace in Late 2020,” Hartford Business Journal, January 8, 2021
“2021 Will be a Year of Solid Rebuilding,” Hartford Business Journal, December 28, 2020
“Lamont Backs GOP Plan for $450 Back-to-Work Incentive,” The CT Mirror, June 18, 2020