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Companies looking to grow are facing an historically tight labor market and rising costs, but their plans to invest may be buoyed by recent government legislation.
Consultants responding to our survey say economic conditions are affecting their clients’ expansion/investment plans, with labor and energy availability and costs of prime concern.
Government at all levels continues to provide numerous incentives to companies in varied industrial sectors in order to generate jobs and economic prosperity.