Evangelos Simos

The Grand Rapids Business Journal/e-forecasting.com MI Leading Economic Indicator,

Michigan's early bird of economic activity, stayed flat in June 2010 at a reading of 104.6, where 2000 is set equal to 100.

Michigan's economy took an unprecedented beating at the end of last year and in the first quarter of 2009, with big job losses in industries that rely on selling their goods abroad. International trade flows have gone through their sharpest slump since WWII, highlighting the harshness of the global recession.