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Day: October 28, 2015

3rd Quarter 2015 Business Conditions Survey Results Show Neutral Outlook

(South Burlington, Vt.) Today, Lisa Ventriss, President of Vermont Business Roundtable (VBR) and Jeffrey Carr, President, Economic & Policy Resources (EPR), announced the 3rd Quarter results of their joint initiative, the VBR-EPR Business Conditions Survey.

The survey of Roundtable CEO members, who represent all economic sectors and geographic regions of Vermont, is conducted quarterly and provides both a look back at the previous quarter and a predictive index going forward. The data for both the backward and forward-looking questions are weighted to the Vermont economy by sector employment and turned into “diffusion indices”,[1] which provide a tool for analyzing and presenting insight into the Vermont economy. (more…)

“Educating Workers” – a Vermont Public Radio Commentary by Lisa Ventriss

Last month I attended the annual meeting of State Business Roundtable Executives, hosted by the Washington Business Roundtable in Seattle. It offered a welcome opportunity to network, learn, and engage in policy discussions mainly around education and economic development. Most memorably, the ways in which businesses were mobilizing to address educational achievement gaps and improve post-secondary aspirations were front and center during site visits to both Microsoft and Boeing. (more…)