Key Results: Business Surveys and Polling

Michigan Economic Impact of COVID-19: Visualizing Progress
The Detroit Regional Chamber has been tracking the economic impact of Michigan’s COVID-19-related shutdowns, and its phased reopenings. The graphics below show a snapshot of the overall health of the economy, half a year into the pandemic.
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87% of Michigan’s Economy is Back According to New Report
Moody’s Analytics and CNN compiled a study tracking America’s recovery. The study shows that Michigan’s economy, ahead of many of our peer states, is operating at 87% of where it was in early March. This outpaces the nation, which is operating at 78% of where it was in early March.
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Results Are In: COVID-19 Automotive Outlook Flash Survey
MICHauto recently partnered with Dykema and The Right Place to survey automotive industry businesses and professionals to better understand the challenges they are facing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey results linked below analyze these responses and discuss the impact of COVID-19 on automotive operations and revenues framed by the outlook for the U.S. economy and automotive industry moving forward.
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Report: 2 in 3 U.S. Minority-owned Small Businesses Worry About Permanently Closing
Minority-owned small businesses have been hit harder by the pandemic and corresponding economic crisis, according to a new special report released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and MetLife.
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U.S. Chamber Small Business Poll Shows Many Preparing for Resurgence
The U.S. Chamber released the results of their “July 2020 Small Business Coronavirus Impact Poll” that shows small businesses see grounds for cautious optimism but many are preparing for a coronavirus resurgence. This poll was conducted in partnership with MetLife.
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Consumer Spending: Economic Opportunity Insight
The OI Economic Tracker is an interactive tool helping identify pandemic-related impacts among industries and communities by visualizing consumer spending, status on small businesses, and job postings across the nation at granular levels.
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Survey Shows Michigan Parents Worried About Being Able to Work if Schools Don’t Reopen
Nearly 60% of Michigan parents say their ability to go to work would take a hit if schools don’t reopen in the fall, according to survey results released Monday.
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U.S. Census Survey Shows Majority of Detroit Region’s Small Businesses Largely Impacted by COVID-19
The Small Business Pulse Survey, a weekly experimental data product from the U.S. Census Bureau, has released the fifth week of results showing the effects of COVID-19 on national, state, and regional small businesses.
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Your Employees’ Mindset on Safety? What to Know as You Reopen
Employers are entering unchartered territory. They are reopening after a global pandemic brought the economy to a screeching halt for more than 8 weeks.
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A Snapshot of Demographic and Economic Characteristics of Immigrants in the Metro Area
New research from New American Economy (NAE) released in partnership with the City of Detroit, Detroit Regional Chamber, Global Detroit, Oakland County and Wayne County highlights how immigrants are both essential to the region’s COVID response efforts and especially vulnerable.
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