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Mass. businesses turning pessimistic

The latest publication from the economic journal of Massachusetts, MassBenchmarks (Notes from the Board) made it into this artilce about businesses' attitudes about the near future. 

Massachusetts only squeaked out a smidgen of economic growth in the first quarter of 2023, slowing substantially from its late 2022 growth rate, and analysts at MassBenchmarks last month predicted GDP declines in the second and third quarters.

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