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Is your business hiring hourly workers?

Are you having a difficult time recruiting hourly workers? There is good news for you. Even in the Corridor, there are people everywhere. According to...
Iowa WorkForce Development

Iowa unemployment rate holds steady in May, labor force participation rises

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held level at 2.7% in May as 6,400 new workers joined the labor force.  In comparison, the U.S. unemployment rate...

Labor shortages killing many industries

In May 2022, after 70 years of operations, the nation’s last Howard Johnson restaurant closed its doors in Albany, New York. Across the nation,...

Financial system under stress

The financial system is changing so quickly that making sense of it is treacherous. Within a few months, the United States has gone from...

Progress and possible pain

For Esther George, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the sound of live and in-person applause at the CBJ’s...

The Corridor isn’t full

CBJ Editorial  We are disappointed in the political discourse surrounding immigration.   A well-functioning immigration system is important to our current and future economic success in the region, state...

RSM economist upbeat on mid-market

Keynote speaker Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist of RSM US LLP, kicked off the CBJ Mid-Year Economic Review at the Coralville Marriott on June 28....

Minimum wage hike recommended for Linn County

Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett shown during the 2015 State of the City speech. The mayor was among Linn County's Minimum Wage Study Group...

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