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This Week's Economic Pulse: The Employment and Purchasing Index for the Lehigh Valley

In the first of two parts, this week's Economic Pulse covers the Employment and Purchasing Index of the Lehigh Valley; a quarterly survey of Lehigh Valley business, which collects close to 1000 observations per year.  This quarter's results shows that optimism for local businesses is at its highest rate since 2007. For more information on the survey, please visit Kamran Afshar's blog here.  (Original air date November 1, 2013.)