Mississippi Business Journal » job growth http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Webb: Economy growing slowly, ‘boring’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/17/webb-economy-growing-slowly-boring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=webb-economy-growing-slowly-boring http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/17/webb-economy-growing-slowly-boring/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:12:51 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68326 JACKSON — An expert says Mississippi’s economy is growing slowly but still lags behind the pace of the U.S. economy overall. State economist Darrin Webb spoke to lawmakers at the Capitol today. He says the state and nation have a “boring kind of economy” right now, with slow job growth and shaky consumer confidence. Webb [...]

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