The Corporation for Economic Development (CFED), a nonprofit with the goal of expanding economic opportunity in pursuit of social equality, has released a Development Report Card for the States annually since 1987. CFED grades each state using the familiar A,B,C,D, and F scale on how well its economy is doing for its people, how well the economy is doing for the state’s businesses and how well the state is preparing for its future. The report card uses 68 measures to grade the states. The 2006 results say that Massachusetts and Minnesota have the best economic climates in the United States. And, the report says that the states with the worst economic climates and that earned a D or an F in each category are Alaska, Arizona, Mississippi, New Mexico, and West Virginia. I don’t know about you, but I really don’t like the company that Arizona is keeping!!! The complete report is available online at www.cfed.org
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