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Mid America Economy Holding On

Mid America Economy Holding On

Ernie Goss Photo: WNAX


The economy in the nine state Mid America region from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas is still showing growth but is slowing some.

Ernie Goss of Creighton University in Omaha coordinates the monthly survey of business managers….

Goss says there are mixed signals on supply chain issues…

Goss says labor issues also figure in to the supply concerns….

Goss says the jobs reading for November was sixty-one point one, but down from Octobers sixty six point one. Any result above fifty is in growth territory.

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