The number of Iowans who filed unemployment claims last week increased slightly to 52,646, Iowa Workforce Development data shows. The number of claims filed is 2% more than the 51,554 claims filed the previous week. …
The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased to 104.2 in December 2020 from 103.8 in November. With six of the eight components contributing positively, the monthly diffusion index remained unchanged at 62.5 in December from November. …
The U.S. Small Business Administration in January backed eight loans totaling $2,099,700 to Central Iowa businesses, the same number and a comparable dollar amount of loans made by the agency in January 2020. The loans …
The Iowa Business Council released its 2021 Competitive Dashboard report today. Image contributed by IBC
Iowa is strongly positioned to compete with other states in 2021, according to indicators measured by the Iowa Business Council’s annual Competitive Dashboard …
The historic Muscatine County Jail. Submitted photo
Nine Iowa communities have been selected to receive a total of $108,284 in grants for historic preservation projects. The State Historic Preservation Office, a bureau of the Iowa Department …
Kim Frey has been named the new Ames Main Street director and Ames Chamber of Commerce membership coordinator. Frey began her new duties on Feb. 1. According to a news release, Frey comes to Ames …
Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa and Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, have introduced legislation that would waive federal taxes on unemployment benefits to provide tax relief for Americans who lost their jobs and received unemployment …
Iowa’s economy improved in January behind increases in manufacturing employment, according to a monthly survey of supply chain managers released Monday. The Creighton University Business Conditions Index showed Iowa remained above neutral growth in January, with its …
Des Moines Register: Some out-of-work Iowans aren’t getting their unemployment insurance benefits this week because the state could not get new debit cards to them, Iowa Workforce Development announced Thursday. While the agency said in a …
COVID-19 recovery highlighted the Business Record’s 2021 Economic Forecast panel on Thursday. For the first time in its nearly two-decade history, the Business Record’s annual Economic Forecast event was held virtually on Zoom. For …
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