Kurt Metzger is director of Data Driven Detroit, a nonprofit in Detroit established by foundations to build greater capacity for people to work together, and improve lives and communities affiliated with the Michigan Nonprofit Association. He was research director for United Way for Southeastern Michigan from 2005 to 2008 and before that, was a director […]
Bureau of Economic Analysis
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Factory work drives slow Mich. recovery
If there’s one thing we’ve always been able to count on in Michigan, it’s that manufacturing will drag us into recession and lead us back to recovery. And it’s happening again. Durable goods manufacturing output has jumped 41 percent in the past two years, far outpacing any other segment of the economy since 2009. The […]