Despite rising interest rates and hiring challenges, a diverse array of Charlotte businesses keeps powering through an unpredictable economy. “There are 1.8 open jobs for every unemployed person,” Sophia Kearney-Lederman, senior economist for FHN Financial at First Horizon Bank, told business leadership at a recent dinner hosted by Charlotte Business Journal publisher TJ McCullough and sponsored by First Horizon.

Particularly hot are jobs in technology, leisure and travel and in transportation… Despite rising interest rates and hiring challenges, a diverse array of Charlotte businesses keeps powering through an unpredictable economy. “There are 1.8 open jobs for every unemployed person,” Sophia Kearney-Lederman, senior economist for FHN Financial at First Horizon Bank, told business leadership at a recent dinner hosted by Charlotte Business Journal publisher TJ McCullough and sponsored by First Horizon.

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