As investment bankers, we analyze the economic environment of the local area as well as the nation to better understand how it might affect our clients. Goodloe White, President of PW&Co, recently wrote an op-ed on charitable giving to the Birmingham News. In it, he considers the factors that make Birmingham the third “most giving city” in the U.S. and wonders how Birmingham can maintain that position with a local economy that has been lagging the national rates of economic growth.
To read more about the context and implications of our area’s impressive “Giving Profile,” click here to read the article on AL.com.
Our firm’s Birmingham Area Economic Report for the 4th Quarter of 2014 takes a more in-depth look at the local economy.