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"While businesses are tightening belts government agencies are loosening
theirs," said the Mercatus Center's Susan Dudley.
"It looks like another good year for California," said Johnson, who has
spoken at four economic forecast events for Comerica Bank in California in the
past month.

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The allocation of regulatory spending among the different departments and
agencies continues to reflect concerns about homeland security.newscom. Johnson's presentation coincided with the release of his first
quarterly California Brief, a report on the California economy.
For more information or to obtain a complete copy of Dana Johnson's
California Brief, contact Barry Holtzclaw, Comerica Corporate Communications,
408-556-5111, or bholtzclaw@comerica.comerica .edu.

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ultimately consumers., Babson College economics and
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"Housing prices have got to slow down," Johnson told an audience of 300
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About the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
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year as a NSF Distinguished Fellow.

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