MMAC survey finds low expectations for Q2 activity

The MMAC’s latest business outlook survey found relatively low expectations for growth in the second quarter.  Bret Mayborne, economic research director for the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, notes respondents expressed concern about continuing economic growth in the coming months. 

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Dave Cieslewicz: At Columbia, cut off the oxygen

It’s a tough call but I suspect the best strategy is to leave them alone. Let them howl into the night. Drama is the oxygen of protest. Cut it off and eventually everybody drifts back to study for finals or they go off to the summer job on Wall Street or — this is Columbia — to the Hamptons.

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Madison chamber forming future-focused work group

The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce is forming a new future-looking work group called N2, which stands for the Next Normal.  In a recent interview, Chamber President Zach Brandon noted “the pandemic dust hasn’t settled yet” and underlined persistent economic

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MMAC survey finds low expectations for Q2 activity

The MMAC’s latest business outlook survey found relatively low expectations for growth in the second quarter.  Bret Mayborne, economic research director for the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, notes respondents expressed concern about continuing economic growth in the coming months.  “That concern was reflected with less than half of those

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Dave Cieslewicz: At Columbia, cut off the oxygen

It’s a tough call but I suspect the best strategy is to leave them alone. Let them howl into the night. Drama is the oxygen of protest. Cut it off and eventually everybody drifts back to study for finals or they go off to the summer job on Wall Street or — this is Columbia — to the Hamptons.

Read More »

Madison chamber forming future-focused work group

The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce is forming a new future-looking work group called N2, which stands for the Next Normal.  In a recent interview, Chamber President Zach Brandon noted “the pandemic dust hasn’t settled yet” and underlined persistent economic uncertainty.  “We just don’t know where things are going to

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