Business Leaders For Michigan Survey: Michigan, U.S. Economies To Remain Flat

DETROIT – The majority of Michigan’s largest employers

project that the Michigan and U.S. economies will remain flat in the next six

to 18 months.

“The majority of Michigan’s largest employers believe that

the state’s economy will remain essentially the same over the next six to

eighteen months – and only slightly outpace the nation over the same time period,”

said Doug Rothwell, Business Leaders for Michigan president and CEO. “Recent

global conditions in China, Europe and the Middle East are clearly having an

impact. But Michigan’s inability to adopt a long-term road solution and talk of

dramatically scaling-back economic development have also contributed to a

climate of uncertainty.”

Highlights of the survey of Business Leaders for Michigan

include:

Next six months: Approximately one-third of business leaders believe the

Michigan and U.S. economies will improve over the next six months (31 percent

and 33 percent, respectively) and roughly two-thirds believe the economies will

remain flat (69 percent and 67 percent, respectively). It should be noted,

however, that no respondents believe that the economy will worsen.

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