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Q3 Transportation Forecast

The first half of 2022 was a supply chain headache for businesses across the world. Whether it was inflation, rising fuel costs or port delays, small to mid-size businesses were […]

October 18, 2021

Chair: Time To Take Economic Development Bull By The Horn

Senate Economic and Small Business Development Chair Ken Horn(R-Frankenmuth) called Ford Motor Co.’s decision to build new plants in Kentucky and Tennessee a “gut punch to the state of Michigan.” […]

September 28, 2021

Governor Announces ‘MI New Economy’ On Grand Hotel Porch

(MACKINAC ISLAND) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Tuesday afternoon announced a $2.1 billion economic agenda she is dubbing MI New Economy that’s aimed at growing the state’s middle class, supporting small businesses […]

June 22, 2021

Economic Outlook for the State of Michigan

By Jacob Burton, Gabriel Ehrlich, and Michael McWilliams, originally featured in SBAM’s FOCUS on Business magazineResearch Seminar in Quantitative Economics, University of Michigan etween February and April of 2020, Michigan […]

January 15, 2020

State Expecting $140 In Pot Sales Per Person By 2021

With only a 10% excise tax on the sale of recreational marijuana, state officials are expecting a fairly substantial windfall in the next two years as the market, literally, lights up to the tune of …

September 28, 2018

Reduce your expenses: Increase your chances of survival

Maximizing profitability is the primary objective of all business owners.

August 23, 2018

The American Society of Employers’ quarterly economic and employment survey results

American Society of Employers’ (ASE’s) Quarterly Economic & Employment Survey results for second quarter 2018 see a decrease in the business outlook for manufacturing.

July 16, 2018

Satisfaction with economy high according to recent Michigan Future Business Index

The latest Michigan Future Business Index (MFBI) data show that more than eight-in-ten small to mid-sized business owners in the state are satisfied with the economy.

February 12, 2018

Increase in wages seen (maybe) in latest economic data

As unemployment has steadily ticked down for the last several years, economists watched and waited for wage growth to start.

January 17, 2018

2018 economic forecast

As of last Friday, the US unemployment rate is a steady 4.1% and is expected to go lower.