Montana Economic Minute http://www.bber.umt.edu The Montana Economic Minute by Director Patrick Barkey en-us 120 BBER News http://www.bber.umt.edu/images/front/rss-logo.jpg http://www.bber.umt.edu 20 20 National unemployment rate 10.2%. Are things that bad in Montana? Value of the dollar Real Estate Cash became king in the fall of 2008. Its been a brutal fall for the nation's tax collectors. Balance sheet repair Change we can believe in Rapid and effective policy responses Economists believe that everything should be taxed Montana's camparative good fortune during this economic downturn