US Tech Sector Growth Slowed Significantly in 2008
Jan 27th, 2010
According to data released earlier this month by the US Census, the growth of the nation’s software and IT tech sectors dramatically slowed in 2008 – the first such drop since the dot-com crash. Overall, revenue still grew, just at a slower rate – 7.7% – than in 2007 when growth hit 13.2%. The 2008 numbers ( PDF ) are the agency’s most current figures, and they reveal an industry that earned significantly less on design and development work than it did just a year before. Revenue growth from other services, as well as exports, also slowed.

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