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Slow economic growth forecast for 2010; Missoula will soon be largest city in Montana

December 18, 2009/

Because Montana was among the last states in the nation to be pulled into the recession, it will be among the first ones out.

We are inching our way out of the recession, and in 2010 Missoula will see slow economic growth.

That was the message given by regional economist Larry Swanson and several leaders of Missoula’s business community at Thursday’s winter Missoula Business Forum.

The quarterly presentation focused on what happened to the Missoula economy in 2009 and where it is headed in 2010.

By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_2bbc4546-eb70-11de-b164-001cc4c03286.html

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