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Name: George Fulton

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Michigan's $483M surplus may go to road repairs

LANSING, Mich. -- There was no dearth of ideas about what to do with the state's newfound $483 million surplus on Wednesday after Michigan budget experts made the dollar figure official.Spend more on road maintenance or schools. Cut taxes. Save more for ... [Published CNBC - May 16 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Education, George Fulton, John Nixon, Transportation

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 3 reports

Michigan's job, tax revenue futures brighten, economists say

Lansing Michigan is forecast to reach a pre-recession jobless rate of 6.9 percent in three years, while the state is reaping a multimillion-dollar tax windfall from investors who sold off stock last year in anticipation of higher tax rates.State economists ... [Published Detroit News - May 16 2013]

Entities: George Fulton, Taxes, Wayne Schmidt, Futures

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Economist: Michigan should recover jobs lost from recession by early 2020s

The state is expected to see a sustained, moderately paced recovery in the next few years with the most job gains in professional and business services, manufacturing, and the trade-transportation-utilities sector.Improved vehicle sales will add stability ... [Published Michigan Live - May 15 2013]

Entities: George Fulton, Unemployment Rate, Recession

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

University of Michigan

University of Michigan economist says Michigan's job market is making a comeback

The state of Michigan seems to be making a comeback in the job marketWhile it may not be progressing at the same pace as Washtenaw County — which is on track to recoup all jobs lost in the recession by the end of the summer — things are looking up for ... [Published AnnArbor.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: University of Michigan, George Fulton, Recession

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Economic freefall for county is over, say U-M economists

Photo by Donna AgustiFrom left, University of Michigan economists George Fulton and Donald Grimes, and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson run the numbers for members of the media just before the Oakland County Community Outlook luncheon at the ... [Published C & G Newspapers - May 02 2013]

Entities: George Fulton, Oakland (California, United States), Don Grimes, L. Brooks Patterson

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

L. Brooks Patterson 'Optimistic' About County's Economic Outlook

Oakland County Executive L. Brooke Patterson says he is optimistic about the county's economic outlook, bouncing back after losing 60,000 jobs in 2009 by adding about 45,000 jobs between 2012 and 2013.Patterson made his remarks April 25 at the Economic ... [Published Oakland Township Patch - May 01 2013]

Entities: L. Brooks Patterson, George Fulton, Don Grimes

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Ann Arbor area shows modest job growth in March and big gains from 2012

Washtenaw County's unemployment rate fell in March as the area continues replacing jobs lost since the area's previous jobs peak in 2002.Washtenaw County economic outlookThe Ann Arbor area continued to show labor force and employment growth in March, ... [Published AnnArbor.com - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Ann Arbor, Unemployment Rate, George Fulton, Don Grimes

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Oakland County to add 42K jobs by 15, U-M economists say

Troy Oakland County is expected to add 42,000 jobs between now and 2015, according to two economists with the . George Fulton and Don Grimes of the Ann Arbor school's Institute for Research on Labor, Employment said the county has gained 48,000 jobs during ... [Published Detroit News - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Don Grimes, Oakland (California, United States), George Fulton

Quotes

"we have a ways to go, but we're seeing forward progress nonetheless" said University of Michigan economist George Fulton

Michigan's $483M surplus may go to road repairs [Published CNBC - May 16 2013]

"despite the solid recovery today, there is still a fair amount of ground to be made up after the job losses suffered during the recession in the past decade" Fulton told lawmakers and state officials

Michigan's job, tax revenue futures brighten, economists say [Published Detroit News - May 16 2013]