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Economists say recession effects widspread in Missoula and Montana, will continue

The global recession took its toll on Montana’s economy in 2009, leaving no industry or county unaffected.

And while economists predict the worst is over and recovery is on the horizon in 2010, no real job growth is expected for at least another year.

"It won’t feel like a recovery until there’s job growth, which won’t happen until 2011," said Patrick Barkey, director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana.

The economies of Montana and Missoula received poor marks in 2009, as economists delivered a bleak report card to 255 local business and political leaders at the BBER’s 35th annual Economic Outlook Seminar on Friday.

By CHELSI MOY of the Missoulian

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