Outlook on Alabama’s Economy Splits from National Picture
Andrew Yeager | April 4, 2016
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The U.S economy has been growing for almost seven years and analysts are debating when it will inevitably return to recession. One report from the bank BBVA Compass says it probably won’t happen in 2016, but its prediction about Alabama’s economy is less upbeat. We explain in this week’s Magic City Marketplace.
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