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Business Formations Rising

Business Formations Rising
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Milton Ezrati
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In today’s great debate over whether the economy is in recession or not, the pace of new business formation would say “not yet.” At least it seems to say that on the surface. Put into context, recent data may not carry quite that powerful of a positive message.

Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
Author
Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is "Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live."
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