Mississippi Business Journal » economic growth http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 20 May 2013 12:58:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Report forecasts state to see ‘slow but improving’ growth http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/02/report-forecasts-state-to-see-slow-but-improving-growth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=report-forecasts-state-to-see-slow-but-improving-growth http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/02/report-forecasts-state-to-see-slow-but-improving-growth/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:16:41 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=64748 JACKSON — The November issue of the Mississippi Economic Outlook, a quarterly publication, is now available. Published by the Center for Policy Research and Planning of the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), the Outlook presents the state economic forecast for 2012 to 2017, and includes detailed employment forecasts by sector. Regional, national and international developments [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/02/report-forecasts-state-to-see-slow-but-improving-growth/feed/ 0 Economist: Health, education key to growth http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/24/economist-health-education-key-to-growth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=economist-health-education-key-to-growth http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/24/economist-health-education-key-to-growth/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:18:35 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=47637 JACKSON — For long-term economic gain, Mississippi needs a culture change that encourages people to put greater value on their own health and education, according to state economist Darrin Webb. He spoke in Jackson at the annual conference of the Mississippi Economic Policy Center, a group that advocates public policies to help people with low [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/24/economist-health-education-key-to-growth/feed/ 1 Bynum meets with President Obama http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/12/29/bynum-meets-with-president-obama/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bynum-meets-with-president-obama http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/12/29/bynum-meets-with-president-obama/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:53:38 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=16856 JACKSON — Bill Bynum, CEO of ECD/HOPE (Enterprise Corporation of the Delta/Hope Community Credit Union), recently participated in a meeting with President Barak Obama to identify innovative ways to boost lending to small businesses and move the economy forward. Bynum joined a select group of 12 leaders from other community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and [...]

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