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Expert: Montana economy in flux – training, education improve wages. "The State with the Best Education Wins!"
January 26, 2008 /
The chief economist at the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research sums up the state’s economic outlook for 2008 this way: fearful of a recession brought on by the subprime mortgage debacle and other shocks to the economy.
It isn’t enough to boast that Montana has a low unemployment rate – just 3.6 percent as of October 2007, Sheila Stearns, the state’s commissioner of higher education, said Friday. To support a strong economic future, Montana needs better wages.
“We have some problems,” she said.
By LORI GRANNIS of the Missoulian
Full Story: http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/01/26/news/local/news03.txt
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