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Mid America Economy Starting to Slow Down

Mid America Economy Starting to Slow Down

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The October Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from North Dakota to Arkansas, sank to its lowest level in two years, but remains in positive territory.
Ernie Goss is the director of Creighton University’s Economic Forecasting Group…

Goss says the jobs index also sank slightly…

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Goss says more than one-third, or 35.7 percent of supply managers, expect a December interest rate hike to have a negative impact on their profitability.

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