Tag: economy
Report: Iowa has lost over $239M in tax revenue to date
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Iowa has lost a total of $239.3 million in state and local tax revenue, according to a new report by Oxford Economics released...
Iowa banking sector remained strong in 1Q
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Iowa’s banking sector remained healthy in the first quarter of 2020, with active loans up 4.3% from a year ago, according...
Economic Alliance aims to rally community with challenge
Doug Neumann, executive director of the Economic Alliance, wears a Rally cap.
By CBJ News Staff
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The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance has launched Rally C.A.P....
Iowa Leading Indicators Index continues downward trend
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The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII), used by state officials to forecast tax revenues, decreased 1.7% to 101.3 in April from 103.1 in...
COVID-19 has shaken our economic pillars
CBJ Editorial
The two biggest economic players in the Corridor are the University of Iowa and Collins Aerospace, formerly Rockwell Collins, now under parent company...
Bracing for bad numbers
CBJ Editorial
“We are going to see economic data for the second quarter that’s worse than any data we’ve seen for the economy,” Federal Reserve...
UFG takes loss as claims rise, investments suffer
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United Fire Group reported a loss of $2.90 per share for the quarter ended March 31, as the COVID-19 driven stock...
Whirlpool beats expectations despite COVID-19 sales drop
A Whirlpool employee inspects washer components. PHOTO WHIRLPOOL
By CBJ News Staff
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Whirlpool Corporation last week reported net sales were down 9.1% over last year for...
Small business owners worry PPP loans are not enough
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Business owners sounded off about the need to continue supporting small business once funds from the $350 billion Payroll Protection Program...
Iowa’s economic growth lagged U.S. in 2019
A chart showing state-level GDP growth numbers for 2019. CREDIT U.S. BEA
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New data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows...