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BBER Survey Finds Montana Manufacturers Generally Optimistic About 2017

April 15, 2017 /

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The survey was conducted in late 2016 in conjunction with UM’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research and Montana State University’s Montana Manufacturing Extension Center. Of 250 establishments contacted for the survey, 172 – or 69 percent – responded.

Most respondents said 2017 would be better than 2016, expressing optimism for all economic indicators and among the manufacturing categories. The least optimistic firms were food and beverage manufacturers.

Survey respondents reported that the two most significant challenges facing manufacturers in 2016 were health insurance costs (73 percent) and the availability of qualified workers (66 percent).

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