h digitalfootprint web 728x90

Economic Development

DSC 6869

Unemployment continues to drop in cities

Fewer workers in most of America’s larger cities were unemployed last month compared with a year earlier, according to a report issued Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Labor.

All of the Iowa cities surveyed …

DSC 6869

State entrepreneurs plan to increase workers

The majority of Iowa entrepreneurs plan to hire more workers in the next six months, according to a survey by The Entrepreneurs’ Organization.

Survey results show that 73 percent of the state’s entrepreneurs expect to …

DSC 6869

Business Council releases Competitiveness Index

A business group gave Iowa its annual economic report card on Monday night. The results: not much has changed since 2012.

Each year the Iowa Business Council (IBC) releases its Iowa Competitiveness Index, which analyzes …

DSC 6869

Education will be a focus at IBC meeting

The Iowa Business Council will hold its 27th Annual Partnership meeting on Jan. 28.

The program will highlight the latest results of the Iowa Competitiveness Index, and also set a focus for educational excellence in …

DSC 6869

Des Moines residents’ income rises through recession

Total personal income in Polk County grew by 16.45 percent between 2006 and 2011, according to numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis compiled by Bizjournals.com.

Total 2011 personal income, defined as the amount …

DSC 6869

Outlook for next 3 to 6 months is improved

The index of U.S. leading indicators rose in December by the most in three months, Bloomberg reported. 

The Conference Board’s gauge of the outlook for the next three to six months increased 0.5 percent. Economists …

21558

Event Preview: 2013 Economic Forecast

.floatimg-left-hort { float:left; } .floatimg-left-caption-hort { float:left; margin-bottom:10px; width:300px; margin-right:10px; clear:left;} .floatimg-left-vert { float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-right:15px; width:200px;} .floatimg-left-caption-vert { float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px; font-size: 12px; width:200px;} .floatimg-right-hort { float:right; margin-top:10px; margin-left:10px; margin-bottom:10px; width: 300px;} .floatimg-right-caption-hort { …

21572

Union membership continues to decline

The percentage of U.S. workers who are union members continues to decline, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  

In 2012, 11.3 percent of workers were members of labor …

21550

Waukee hires Moerman as city administrator

The city of Waukee announced that it has appointed Tim Moerman, currently the assistant city manager of Ankeny, as its city administrator. Moerman has more than 25 years of city administration experience and was involved …

DSC 6869

S&P 500 up to five-year high

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index hit a five-year high today, amid better-than-forecast initial jobless claims and housing data, Bloomberg reported. 

The S&P 500 had risen 0.6 percent to 1,481.53 as of 12:15 p.m. Central …

rebuildingtogether brd 070125 300x250