回顾周:12月11日. 17, 2023

汽车行业

Ohio is the first state in the nation to activate an electric vehicle (EV) charging station through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, 政府. 迈克·德万周五宣布. The charging station is located west of Columbus in Madison County at the Pilot Travel Center along Interstate 70 at U.S. 路线42. The chargers, installed by EVgo, are capable of providing 350 kW when charging a single vehicle. When four vehicles are connected to the charging port, 每辆车将获得175千瓦的功率, which can charge an EV up to 80 percent in 20 to 40 minutes, 取决于车辆的电池. 交通运输部通过1点接受提案.m. 1月4日. 25, 2024 for the next round of funding for installation and operation of charging stations. More information on submitting a proposal can be found at http://tinyurl.com/92ren5ty .

经济发展/城市振兴

The DeWine administration and JobsOhio announced Monday payment processing solutions provider Worldpay will reestablish its global corporate headquarters in the Cincinnati area, creating more than 500 new jobs and $56 million in associated payroll to the region while retaining 971 jobs and $93 million in existing payroll. The company is one of the largest payment processors in the world, with $2 trillion in payment volume in 2022. It supports over one million merchant businesses and processes transactions in 146 countries across 135 currencies. 行政部门, JobsOhio and REDI Cincinnati worked with Worldpay to have its headquarters reestablished upon the pending separation from financial services technology company FIS. Worldpay，价值18美元.5 billion, is expected to become a standalone company in early 2024.

The DeWine administration also announced the approval of assistance for 11 projects expected to create 1,新增636个工作岗位，保留1个,全州715个工作岗位. These projects are expected to collectively result in more than $141 million in new payroll and spur more than $2.在俄亥俄州投资50亿美元.

就业/失业

根据美国.S. 劳工统计局(BLS)周五公布, 全国增加了199个,000 nonfarm jobs in November as the national unemployment rate fell from 3.从10月份的9%降至3%.11月为7%. BLS said the number of unemployed persons, at 6.11月份的数据变化不大. Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for teenagers (11.(4%)， 11月份略有下降. 成年男性的失业率(3%).7%)，成年女性(3%).1%)，白人(3%).3%)，黑人(5%).8%)，亚洲人(3%).5%)，西班牙裔(4%).6%) showed little or no change in November. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) ticked down to 1.11月200万. 长期失业者占18%.占所有失业人员的3%.

养老金

Ohio pension funds saw returns ranging from 5.1% to 8.2023年上半年增长3%, with more noticeable divergence among the funds' performance and strategies than has been typical, an investment expert told the Ohio Retirement Study Council (ORSC) at Thursday's meeting. The council also reviewed formal actuarial valuations for three systems Thursday: Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS), 俄亥俄州警方 & 消防养老基金(OP&F) and Highway Patrol Retirement System (HPRS). Those valuations can trigger a statutory requirement for long-term funding plans, but none of the three met those parameters. The law requires plans to submit a plan if the valuation shows it will take more than 30 years for them to pay down their unfunded liabilities. The amortization period for HPRS was reported at 21 years; for OPERS, at 16 years; and for OP&F, 26岁.7年. While all are below 30 years, system leaders reported challenges they face.

州政府

A week after Ohio's issuer rating was upgraded to Aaa by Moody's, the DeWine administration announced Friday that S&P Global Ratings has joined Moody's and Fitch Ratings in giving Ohio a "AAA" issuer default and general obligation bond rating. It is the first time Ohio received the top rating from all three agencies. That reflects "Ohio's demonstrated commitment to active budget management, 建立及维持储备, significant state-supported economic diversification efforts, and a belief that the state can maintain better credit characteristics than the U.S. in a stress scenario," according to the administration.

劳动力

Lt. 政府. Jon Husted announced that 26 workforce partnerships will receive awards through the fourth round of Industry Sector Partnership (ISP) Grants, with the total of $500万年 in awards doubling the amount of funding ever awarded in a single round. The first three ISP Grant program rounds awarded 27 partnerships a total of $7.500万年. The program supports efforts to bring Ohioans into the workforce pipeline while meeting the needs of businesses and the local economy. Awarded partnerships will focus on building a workforce for in-demand sectors including manufacturing, 交通和保健. The industry sector partnerships are designed to develop regional strategies with the goal of increasing collaboration among local businesses, 教育和培训机构, 社区利益相关者.