The local and state economy needs to diversify to flourish, according to experts who spoke at the annual Macomb County Economic Forecast.
Tom Alongi, a partner with UHY, shared a photo of a rollercoaster saying it demonstrated the 2025 economy, then followed it with a photo of skydivers and said that 2026 will include even more economic disruption.
“I really do expect more volatility in ’26,” he said.
Alongi expects the volatility will be driven by the tariffs that have been coming from President Donald Trump’s administration, as well as ongoing and newly-started global conflicts.
Even with that, though, he said there are three engines of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the United States for 2026. The first is AI/automation, which includes data center spending, AI spending and production gains from AI. The second is what Alongi called an “industrial renaissance,”…
