Donohue Outlines Business Priorities

A mixed economy will be among the biggest issues affecting businesses in 2008, Chamber President and CEO Tom Donohue said during his annual State of American Business address today (Jan. 8). However, while there is a risk of recession, the nation will "dodge the bullet" as the housing crisis bottoms out and growth continues to pick up steam in the second half of 2008, Donohue said.

Donohue also laid out the Chamber's agenda for the immediate political and policy priorities in the year ahead, and a broader five-year plan that includes a comprehensive policy agenda for the nation and a strategy for the Chamber as an organization. "Working together, we can build a globally competitive economy that creates promising opportunities for the future and greater financial security today for every American," Donohue said.

Read the State of American Business report.

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