TAB 2001 Issues Survey

Tennessee Association of Business

The information from this year's survey is deemed the most important issues that businesses both large and small have to face in their survival. These issues comprise the full gamut of industry, retail, wholesale and service in all types of Tennessee businesses. You may or may not be surprised to find that health care costs rated the highest concerns. With rising costs in the health care industries it has come to be a relevant issue in the work force benefits and costs of 'doing business'. The following chart represents how this and other issues are ranked in order of importance to the leaders in all types of commerce.

TAB 2001 Issues Survey:
Issues Most Important to Business in 2001

Health Care Costs	84%
Business Taxes	74%
Quality of K-12 Education	71%
Workers' Compensation	64%
Economic Growth	63%
Shortage of Skilled Labor	56%
Environmental Regulation	47%
Quality of Higher Education	40%
Unemployment Compensation	31%

Source: Tennessee Association of Business
Provided by: Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce, May 31, 2001