GHP predicts slower Houston job growth in 2020
The Houston metro area is expected to create 42,300 net new jobs in 2020, according to a new forecast from the Greater Houston Partnership.
The modest job growth forecast comes amid a slowing local economy, decreasing business sentiments and lingering trade uncertainty with some of the region’s top international trade partners. The 42,300-job forecast represents a decrease in growth expectations from a year ago, when the GHP anticipated the Houston metro region would create 71,000 new jobs in 2019.…
