Early 2016 Indicators Point to Trying Times for U.S. Economy, According to Latest Northwood University Report

MIDLAND, Mich., Jan. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. economy continues to face trying times, thanks to a difficult job market, trailing GDP growth, increased government spending, rising national debt and high corporate tax rates.

As Michigan economist Timothy G. Nash sees it, the majority of Americans are "disappointed and concerned" with the U.S. economy's performance over the past 10 years.

Nash, senior vice president of corporate and strategic alliances and director of The McNair Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship at Northwood University in Midland, Michigan, examines both the challenges shaping the U.S. economy, as well as those in the global marketplace, in the most recent edition of the Northwood University Monthly Economic Outlook, available at the university's virtual Free Market Library.

"Americans desire a return to long-term stable economic growth and investment returns," Nash says. "Washington must address these issues with solid, bipartisan reform. If not, long-term confidence will not return to America. Most Americans are worried the economic uncertainty we have faced will continue. They don't see a way out of these trying times we face here in the United States and abroad."

For a more in-depth look at Nash's view on global economic challenges and the latest economic indicators both internationally and in the United States, including job growth, interest rates and labor statistics, download the Northwood University Economic Outlook January 2016.

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