Members of Iowa’s largest business group are predicting the state’s economy will grow over the first three months of 2018.

Mike Ralston is president of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI), which has released the results of an inaugural survey of its members.

 

Ralston says there are several reasons why so many leaders of those companies expect a bump in sales over the first quarter of next year.

 

Just over 72-percent of ABI board members said they plan to make capital expenditures in Q-1 and many expect to expand their workforces.

This is the first time ABI has conducted a public quarterly survey of its board in the organization’s 114-year history.

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