Pickering – Tough times ahead for legislature
NATCHEZ — Mississippi’s economic recovery isn’t going to be as fast as anyone would like, State Auditor Stacey Pickering said Wednesday.
“Last month we saw a slight increase in state revenue, and that’s a good sign,” he said at a meeting of the Natchez Trace Kiwanis and Rotary clubs Wednesday.
“The issue is, is it going to be sustained?”
Pickering said he believes the state is still in a period of flat, or possibly declining, economic times.
“We are never going to get back to double-digit growth overnight,” he said. “It’s going to take months of slow increases.
The Natchez Democrat
Aug. 12
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