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Cautious Optimism
for 2010
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the overall business climate, and
a reduction in regulatory and
legislative pressures.”
Concern about lack of demand
remains the chief barrier to
growth over the next 12 months
for 75 percent of industrial
manufacturers interviewed. Other
areas of great concern include
taxation policies at 53 percent,
legislative/regulatory pressures
at 52 percent, and decreasing
profi tability, 42 percent.
Thirty percent of those
surveyed plan to add employees
to their workforce over the next
12 months, and only 12 percent
plan to reduce the number of full
time equivalent employees (down
16 points from last quarter). Of
the 30 percent of respondents
planning to hire within the next
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