Mississippi Business Journal » recession http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Foresters expecting another year of healthy recovery http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/27/foresters-expecting-another-year-of-healthy-recovery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foresters-expecting-another-year-of-healthy-recovery http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/27/foresters-expecting-another-year-of-healthy-recovery/#comments Mon, 27 May 2013 23:40:07 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=75498 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Evidence of a healthy national economy may be found in the strength of the timber industry. Forestry is a billion-dollar industry in Mississippi and the state’s second-largest agricultural commodity. A depressed national economy in recent years had negative impacts on housing construction and furniture manufacturing, which hurt the forestry sector, but industry [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/27/foresters-expecting-another-year-of-healthy-recovery/feed/ 0 Small banks in Mississippi — An endangered necessity http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/an-endangered-necessity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-endangered-necessity http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/an-endangered-necessity/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:49:30 +0000 Becky Gillette http://msbusiness.com/?p=72401 Mississippi has 19 small banks as defined as banks with less than $100 million in assets. And while most of these small banks that serve as the economic lifeblood of many rural areas of the state didn’t participate in the risky mortgage lending practices blamed for the Great Recession, they may now be endangered by [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/an-endangered-necessity/feed/ 0 From “too big to fail” to too big to jail? http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/15/official-admission-execs-of-big-banks-are-too-big-to-jail-makes-breakups-imperative/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=official-admission-execs-of-big-banks-are-too-big-to-jail-makes-breakups-imperative http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/15/official-admission-execs-of-big-banks-are-too-big-to-jail-makes-breakups-imperative/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:35:41 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=71588 America’s banking crisis may be receding into history but not so the desire of everyday Americans to bring the perpetrators of the criminally induced collapse to justice. While those behind rigging the system for their own benefit may never be forced to account for their actions, the reason why they are getting off free could [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/15/official-admission-execs-of-big-banks-are-too-big-to-jail-makes-breakups-imperative/feed/ 1 Index: Property values continued their rebound into 2013 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/15/index-property-values-continued-their-rebound-into-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=index-property-values-continued-their-rebound-into-2013 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/15/index-property-values-continued-their-rebound-into-2013/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:25:07 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=71460 OXFORD – The latest FNC Residential Price Index (RPI) indicates that U.S. property values continued to recover through January — the 11th consecutive month of rising prices. Despite the uneven pace of price gains across different geographical markets, there are clear signs that the housing recovery is increasingly widespread, according to the Oxford-based mortgage technology [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/15/index-property-values-continued-their-rebound-into-2013/feed/ 1 It will be ideas that solve problems created by new technology http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/15/it-will-be-ideas-that-solve-problems-created-by-new-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-will-be-ideas-that-solve-problems-created-by-new-technology http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/15/it-will-be-ideas-that-solve-problems-created-by-new-technology/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:52:38 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=69892 The Associated Press recently moved a provocative series about the changing landscape for jobs in the United States. It made a good case that middle-class jobs eliminated by technology and the recession aren’t coming back. This is not the first time to hear such dire warnings. Imagine the fuss in the horse carriage industry 100 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/15/it-will-be-ideas-that-solve-problems-created-by-new-technology/feed/ 0 IHL report finds 20 percent chance for recession http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/18/ihl-report-finds-20-percent-chance-for-recession/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ihl-report-finds-20-percent-chance-for-recession http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/18/ihl-report-finds-20-percent-chance-for-recession/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:23:20 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=68382 JACKSON — The Mississippi Economic Outlook, first quarter 2013 edition, is now available online at www.mississippi.edu/URC. Published by the Center for Policy Research and Planning of the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), the Outlook presents the state economic forecast, including detailed employment forecasts by sector. Regional, national and international developments impacting the state economy are [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/18/ihl-report-finds-20-percent-chance-for-recession/feed/ 1 The fiscal debacle: Government working as was truly intended? http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/the-fiscal-debacle-government-working-as-was-truly-intended/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-fiscal-debacle-government-working-as-was-truly-intended http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/the-fiscal-debacle-government-working-as-was-truly-intended/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:06:03 +0000 Marty Wiseman http://msbusiness.com/?p=68077 Is the fiscal cliff scenario a failure of our system of government or government functioning as intended? One need not venture far these days to hear a fairly common assessment of the current state of affairs pertaining to government in the nation’s capital. Usually, references are made to a totally broken governing mechanism. Furthermore, the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/the-fiscal-debacle-government-working-as-was-truly-intended/feed/ 0 Economists expect state to see better year in 2013 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/28/economists-expect-state-to-see-better-year-in-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=economists-expect-state-to-see-better-year-in-2013 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/28/economists-expect-state-to-see-better-year-in-2013/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:29:36 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=65804 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Economists say growth and employment should increase in Mississippi next year, led by an improved housing market and an increase in home construction. “We’re hoping the budding housing recovery will carry us forward.” Greg Daco, an economist with IHS Global Insight, said at a conference held by the College Board in Jackson. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/28/economists-expect-state-to-see-better-year-in-2013/feed/ 0 November 9, 2012- Ricky Nobile http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/november-9-2012-ricky-nobile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=november-9-2012-ricky-nobile http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/november-9-2012-ricky-nobile/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:01:56 +0000 Ricky Nobile http://msbusiness.com/?p=65146

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/november-9-2012-ricky-nobile/feed/ 0 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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