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Inflation, labor shortages drive mood of Pennsylvania’s economic ‘malaise’

By Soapbox Group
June 3, 2022
  • Pennsylvania
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By: Anthony Hennen

(The Center Square) – A survey of business leaders in Pennsylvania highlights a pessimistic outlook and little reason for optimism for a state economy dealing with inflation, high gas prices and little population growth.

Almost half of business owners – 49% – said business conditions have gotten worse in the last six months, while 27% said they stayed the same and 22% said they’ve gotten better, according to a Keystone Business Climate Survey conducted by the Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion and Research, a polling group.

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