A dip in the state’s leading economic indicator could forecast a slowing of the Nebraska economy.
The indicator tracked by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bureau of Business Research declined by Zero-point-13 percent in September.
Bureau Director Eric Thompson points out it’s the first decline in six months. . .

Thompson places the blame for the drop on the rise of the dollar, which has made Nebraska manufactured and agricultural goods more expensive overseas, reducing exports….

Building permits were up in September, along with airline passenger numbers. Initial claims for unemployment insurance rose.