DETROIT- Michigan’s business leaders see robust growth ahead in the state’s economy during the next six to 12 months and plan a return to in-person office work in the 3rd and 4th quarters of this year, according to a quarterly economic survey completed by Business Leaders for Michigan. Approximately 92 percent of survey respondents say
LANSING - Business Leaders for Michigan, the state’s business roundtable, weighed in to support key provisions of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fiscal Year 2022 Executive Budget recommendation. “Investing in people and innovation are some of the best things we can do to make Michigan a more competitive and prosperous state,” said Jeff Donofrio, President and CEO,
LANSING- Business Leaders for Michigan hired of Jeff Donofrio to succeed Doug Rothwell in leading the organization, which aims to make Michigan a Top Ten state for jobs, personal incomes and a healthy economy by championing specific public policy initiatives. Donofrio’s hiring is effective Nov. 30, and he will spend a month in transition with
LANSING - Michigan is already a top ten state when it comes to "corporate facility expansion activity," according to Ron Starner, executive vice president of Site Selection magazine. Michigan ranked ninth in 2018, and it will be in the top ten again for 2019, he's just not sure where because numbers are still being compiled.
LANSING—Michigan’s largest employers anticipate the state’s economic growth will continue to lag that of the United States though they are generally more optimistic about both the state and national economies in 2020 than earlier in 2019. “The business leaders for Michigan’s largest companies continue to believe Michigan’s economy is more likely to grow slower than
LANSING – Huge gaps remain in efforts to expand Michigan’s economic progress that include investing in infrastructure, boosting K-12 educational performance and growing a working-age population, so says Business Leaders for Michigan. “We have a great picture of where Michigan stands today on the national scale: better, but still not best,” said Doug Rothwell, President
DETROIT— More than 80 percent of Michigan’s largest companies forecast their employment and investment in Michigan will stay the same or increase in the next 6 to 12 months. Their positive outlook notwithstanding, 90 percent of these same leaders believe the state and U.S. economies will stay the same or worsen during that time.
DETROIT — Business Leaders for Michigan has set its 2018 Michigan CEO Summit for Thursday, Nov. 1 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cobo Center in Detroit. The event features an opening keynote from Patti Poppe, president and CEO of Jackson-based utility CMS Energy, and panel discussions on healthcare, user experience and family business.
DETROIT - The latest economic outlook from Business Leaders for Michigan shows far less optimism for the future among the state’s business executives. In the quarterly poll, only 31 percent of respondents said they held a positive view for the U.S. economy over the next six months, and just 22 percent believe Michigan’s economy will improve during
