Some Optimism, Some Challenges in CNY Economic Forecast

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January 10, 2017

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(WAER.org) There’s quite a bit of optimism about the local economy among businesses and analysts at Wednesday's Economic Forecast Breakfast…though much of it is guarded.  There is also some uncertainty and a challenge to businesses to break the status quo. 

 

Quite the mixed bag of data, projections and opinions at the Centerstate C-E-O Economic Forecast event.  A third party survey found two-thirds of local companies experienced growth in 2016; and a slightly higher percentage expect sales and revenues to be up this year... 

Find out more in the rest of this WAER article.

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