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                        The January Supply Management Research Institute Survey reveals business confidence reached a new high.
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                        Some survey indexes turn negative.
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                        The February Supply Management Research Institute Survey reveals a level of renewed confidence.
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                        The December Supply Management Research Survey indicates signs of positivity.
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                        Director of Supply Management Research tracking employment trend for signs of weakness.
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                        Brian G. Long of the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University explains the results from August’s Institute for Supply Management Research survey
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                        Nationally, the economy is flattening. Locally, the June Institute for Supply Management Research survey indicates the local economy is doing well thanks to the automotive industry.
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                        For the first time in eight years, west and southwest Michigan purchasing managers signaled a pessimistic business outlook.
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