IUN economist finds booming business climate in NWI
IUN Professor Micah Pollak explains the growth of businesses in Northwest Indiana compared to Cook County.
IUN Professor Micah Pollak explains the growth of businesses in Northwest Indiana compared to Cook County.
Private employees in all but one Indiana county make less than the national average wage, according to a Purdue University analysis.
Indiana’s jobless rate continued showing signs of improvement as more people returned to work following weeks off from pandemic-related shutdowns and reduced operations.
Stay-at-home orders and business shutdowns in recent weeks because of the pandemic were the main causes of unemployment soaring sharply, experts say.
The nation’s economy has seen strong job gains in January and February, according to government data, but a Ball State University economist says future job creation numbers could look very different down the road because of fallout from the global coronavirus outbreak.
A slight drop in number of people in the state’s workforce likely is the reason behind Indiana’s unemployment rate falling in June when compared to May.