Anderson.
Employment is a central issue for the city of Anderson and Madison
County. More specifically, for more than sixty years, automotive
manufacturing employment has been the center of our economic . . .
Indiana.
The outlook for Indiana's economy in the year ahead presents a
mixed picture, not unlike that of the nation. We should expect more ups
than downs, but unsettled economic forces at work beyond our . . .
Indiana agriculture.
Indiana agriculture is going to enjoy the best financial times
since the 1970s but will experience more uncertainty in 2008. The
excitement of 2007--with the rapid growth of the biofuels sector, . . .
Housing.
The housing slump that started in 2006 continued to worsen in 2007
as the term "subprime mortgage" entered many people's
vocabulary for the first time. A subprime loan is a loan made to someone
who . . .
Financial forecast.
The financial markets performed quite well for the first half of
2007, with the Dow Jones Index crossing the 14,000 threshold on July 19.
Then the subprime mortgage mess hit, reminding all . . .
The U.S. economy.
During the past year, the U.S. economy has essentially been in
survival mode. The good news as the year draws to a close is that we
seem to have avoided intensive care. The not-so- good news is . . .
The international economy.
The economic growth around the world looks to remain strong in 2008
despite the "financial turmoil" that we have been experiencing
in the United States and, to some extent, in Europe since this . . .
Outlook for 2008.
For 35 years, a group of Indiana University faculty has gathered at
the Kelley School of Business each fall to consider the economic outlook
for the coming year. In the process, they forecast the . . .
Refining measures of economic stability: the 2005
self-sufficiency standard for Indiana.
Several methodologies have been developed to estimate the amount of
income it takes for families to pay for their basic needs in
today's economy. In large part, this has been a response to . . .
Where does the money go?(Cover story)
U.S. SPENDING
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released consumer
spending data for 2004, telling an interesting story of how we Americans
spend our money. (1)
We have always . . .
Indiana's township population change, 2000 to 2005
*.
Of the 1,009 townships in Indiana, about 62 percent gained in
population from 2000 to 2005. If one adds in those townships with stable
populations, that number jumps to more than 85 percent.
The . . .
Indiana's twenty fastest growing cities and towns, 2000 to
2005 *.
Seven cities grew more than 30 percent from 2000 to 2005, six of
which were in the Indianapolis metro area. The other was the city of
Winfield in Lake County.
None of the fastest growing cities . . .
Proximity matters: close, but not too close.
Surprise, Arizona, probably isn't surprised that it is the
fastest growing city in the United States (of cities and towns with
20,000 or more population as of April 2000). This charmingly named . . .
Density: how concentrated is our population?
Some concepts are so simple to understand. Population density is
one of them. For a particular place, we take the total number of persons
and divide by the total land area. Thus, for Indiana in . . .
Editor's note.
Knowing how many people live in an area is critical to all aspects
of government and commerce, since all decisions are ultimately based on
how many people will go to school, buy groceries, start a . . .
Nanotechnology: breaking through the next big frontier of
knowledge.
Nanotechnology is getting big. It is already a driving force in
diverse fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, and information
sciences. Developments coming out of research labs this year will . . .
The professional and business services sector: employment changes
across Indiana metros.
As the number one manufacturing state in the country, Indiana s
economy continues to evolve as manufacturing jobs continue to dwindle.
In 1990, manufacturing jobs made up 24 percent of the . . .
From the editors.
Think services and think small. As the Indiana Business Review
continues its eighty-second year of continuous publication, economists
from distinctly different parts of the country bring us two . . .
Key aspects of per capita personal income.
Total personal income and per capita personal income (PCPI) are two
of our most relied upon measures of economic standing. These indicators
are a useful way to, among other things, gauge economic . . .
Mixed messages in compensation per job.
Indiana and the Nation
How is Indiana doing compared with the nation? As economists are
wont to say: "It depends." Over a four-year period of time,
compensation per job in the state has grown . . .
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