The document highlights information from fiscal years 2011-2012, including NEDC rejoining the Greater Oklahoma City Partnership and thanking local commissioners. It provides statistics on workforce and employment in the region growing slightly from 2011 to 2012. The document also includes quotes from Goldman Sachs predicting slowing US growth but not a recession, and a deeper Euro area recession with only gradual stabilization in late 2012.

1. Highlights FY 2011-2012
NEDC rejoined the Greater Oklahoma City Partnership.
Special thanks to Cleveland County Commissioners Rod Cleveland, George Skinner, & Rusty Sullivan
Emerging Technology Entrepreneurial Centers
NEDC’s technology based business incubators
710 Asp Avenue, Norman, OK
3209 N Flood, Norman, OK
MigMc LLC NextThought LLC

2. Highlights FY 2011-2012
Description January 2011 January 2012 Net Change %
Workforce 53,418 54,837 1,419 2.5%
Employed 50,730 52,393 1,663 3%
Unemployed 2,688 2,442 (246) 4.5%
“We expect growth to slow in the US, although Unemployment Rate
we still do not expect a recession.” 10% 8.30%
8% 6%
“We have made the biggest adjustment to our 6% 4.50%
2012 forecasts in the Euro area, where we now 4%
2%
expect a deeper recession and only gradual
0%
stabilization late in 2012.”
- Goldman Sachs (Outlook 2012)