Area Struggles, but Avoids Nation’s Economic Problems

From the Murfreesboro Post (3-23-08): "David Penn, executive director of the Business and Economic Research Center at MTSU, is reluctant to say Rutherford County is in a recession. . . . 'We need to see more losses for another couple of months, more severe losses to really convince me. . . . I think we are going to see six more months of worse news or declining activity,' he said.