Tag: February
Iowa Leading Indicators Index unchanged for fourth straight month in February
The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII) remained at 105.2 in February, unchanged from November 2023, December 2023, and January 2024, according to a report...
Eastern Iowa Airport sets February passenger record
February 2024 was a record-setting month at The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids.
Pam Hinman, the airport’s director of marketing and communications, told the...
Iowa Leading Indicators Index decreased slightly in February
The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII) decreased to 108.3 in February, a decline of .1% from 108.4 in January, according to a report from...
Iowa unemployment rate drops to 2.9% in February
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.9% in February from 3% in January, according to a report March 23 from Iowa Workforce Development.
Meanwhile,...
SBA issues loans to three Corridor businesses in February
Three Corridor businesses received a total of $4.774 million in loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in February, according to a report...
Existing home sales fall in February
As rising mortgage rates and home prices continued to price out homebuyers and reduce affordability, existing home sales dropped to a six-month low in...
Report: 46% of minority-owned small businesses couldn’t afford February rent
For the first time in three months, rent delinquency among small businesses in the U.S. increased – by 2% to 28%, after being steady...