
(NECN: Peter Howe, Boston) Good news, sort of, and bad news at the New England Economic Partnership semiannual forecasting summit Tuesday: New England has already lost 7 of every 8 jobs that it will lose during this recession, economists now predict. But it will be years before the lost jobs return. "We do think it is going to be a difficult slog for the next couple of years, but that growth will eventually pick up,'' said NEEP keynote speaker Gus Faucher of Moody's Economy.com. read more
