Economic Development

Solutions need to be found in areas such as financial inclusion, housing, education, health, employment and education if true racial equity is to be achieved in the Greater Des Moines area, organizers of the One …

A survey of chief decision-makers at Iowa’s largest employers shows a slight increase in optimism, with 80% saying they plan to rehire laid-off or furloughed workers in the coming months, according to the Iowa Business …

Iowa Workforce Development has identified nearly $3 million in attempted fraudulent unemployment insurance claims, as well as hundreds of claims made using another’s identity during the pandemic, IWD Director Beth Townsend said last week. She …

After reaching a 20-year high in the first quarter, U.S. investor optimism tumbled in the second quarter amid mounting economic fallout from COVID-19, as indicated by a quarterly survey released Wednesday by Wells Fargo and …

A survey of rural bank CEOs showed a continued economic downturn in June, with one-third of those surveyed reporting shutdowns of ethanol plants in their communities, according to the recently released Creighton University Rural Mainstreet …

The SMART Economic Development Conference, which had been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, has now been canceled, organizers said. The event, hosted by the Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Utility Association, draws about …

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10% in May, down slightly from April’s rate of 10.2%, Iowa Workforce Development reported today.

The May 2019 rate was 2.7%.

“Given Iowa did not begin to reopen until …