Respondents to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Maryland Survey of Business Activity say their business outlook has improved with regard to current conditions and for the coming six months.   The index, which uses a point-based measurement system, has been in positive territory since March.

Maryland’s DBED also issued a status report on the local economy that showed unemployment holding steady at 7.2 percent, well short of the national rate of 9.7 percent.

See Fed report.

See DBED report.