No industry, business or household can escape the ripple effect economic disturbances – for better or worse. In our fast-paced, interconnected world, local, regional, federal and global economies are bound inextricably together, with economic events in Beijing, Brussels or Buenos Aires having profound effects on decisions made in places like Washington DC, New York City, Seattle or Southeast Michigan.

Discussions on business, industry, employment and economics will increase the public’s understanding of issues like the global financial crisis and US economic stimulus and recovery, fiscal, monetary and international trade and investment policies, the intricacies of the global financial markets and our regional and local economies.

Please look forward to details about a FOCIS conference April 2010 addressing US debt and Michigan's economic future.

NEWS
FOCIS News on Business and Economics

Links
Beyond California: States in Fiscal Peril

Detroit Regional Chamber

Pew Center Report on Michigan's Fiscal Peril

Michigan Office of the State Budget

US Office of Management and Budget