Blog tagged as Economic health

As House and Senate Democrats began preliminary discussions today on working through their different 2024 budget plans, the chair of the House Appropriations Committee advocated on MIRS Monday for more money for economic incentives

A month after it looked as if Republicans were going to notch their biggest policy wins of the 2023-24 session, a pair of boutique business tax cuts and a couple other reforms they received for supplying votes for the Ford supplemental are stuck in neutral.

The Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapses themselves didn’t present a threat to the economy, but investors' fear of losing money is a real threat.

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority and the Department of Treasury are double-checking to make sure the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank didn't impact their portfolios, but at first blush officials don't believe it did.

Michigan's unemployment rate stayed at 4.3% in January, according to Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget data.