Blue Chip RegionomicTM Forecast 1.4.m2p

The unemployment rate in Ohio has dropped, but the economy is still sluggish. Retailers reported record sales for the holiday season, but the economy is still sluggish. The Governor has enticed several new companies to locate in Ohio, but the economy is still sluggish. Markets are rebounding, but the economy is still sluggish. The soldiers are home from Iraq, but the economy is still sluggish.
What's up with that? IS the economy still sluggish, despite some pretty positive news, or have we in fact pulled out of this sticky recession?
In an entertaining - and fearless - look at the national and local economy, Bill LaFayette and Jim Newton will discuss the events of the year behind and the one ahead. Lafayette also will release the 2012 RegionomicTM economic forecast for the Columbus region. Dispatch Business Reporter Mark Williams leads the conversation.

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News & Politics

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• RegionomicsTM
• Columbus Metropolitan Club
• The Columbus Dispatch
• Bill LaFayette
• Jim Newton
• Mark Williams
• Blue Chip Regionomic forecast
• Columbus Econonomy
• Ohio economics