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Tag: Economy

Latest data show Minnesota economy crushing it vs. Wisconsin

Paul TostoPaul Tosto June 29, 2018, 11:00 AM Jun 29, 2018
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While we weren’t looking, Minnesota eclipsed Wisconsin last month in total jobs, continuing a decade-long trend of economic dominance over the Badger State. Read more →

Economy

Twin Cities lags behind home price recovery

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 29, 2016, 11:30 AM Nov 29, 2016
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Housing prices nationally have hit record highs, although that’s not the case in Minneapolis, one of the 20 cities making up the index.

The average national home price is now 0.1% above the June 2006 price, although the index does not account for inflation. Read more →

Biden in St. Paul to tout ’09 economic stimulus; did MN benefit?

Paul TostoPaul Tosto February 18, 2016, 5:30 AM Feb 18, 2016
11

Vice President Joe Biden will laud the 2009 federal stimulus bill today at St. Paul’s Union Depot. But while it helped patch up the state’s budget, it’s hard to see long term effects. Read more →

Economy

Time to panic on economy? Apparently not, Americans say

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2016, 1:04 PM Feb 11, 2016
12

Maybe Americans did learn a few things from the economic collapse of 2008. An interview with an executive of Fidelity suggests so, anyway. People are saving money. Maybe. Read more →

Economy

The economy: What if this is as good as it gets?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 6, 2015, 8:06 AM Aug 6, 2015
8

Faribault mirrors the nation’s economy. Things look better than they were, but everyone’s worried about what’s ahead.
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Economy

Economy keeps millennials locked out of home ownership

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2015, 9:45 AM Mar 16, 2015
14

Who’s going to live in the McMansions the parents of millennials are building in the Twin Cities suburbs? Apparently, it won’t be the millennials.
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Economy

Minnesota economy beats Wisconsin: 7 charts, 1 table

Paul TostoPaul Tosto January 26, 2015, 12:00 PM Jan 26, 2015
9

Minnesota’s economy outperforms Wisconsin’s economy. It’s been that way for years. Those trends have accelerated since the end of the Great Recession. Read more →

Economy

For younger generations, U.S. is rotting from within

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 16, 2014, 6:59 AM Sep 16, 2014
27

Sometimes, you just have to stop and think about a sentence for a bit in order to realize just how bad things really are. Read more →

Economy · Surveys and trivia

Survey shows MN more business friendly than you think

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 5, 2014, 2:36 PM Aug 5, 2014
4

Minnesota is generally considered a high-tax state but the Thumbtack.com survey found that taxes was not statistically significant in defining whether a state is friendly to small businesses. Read more →

Economy

Court of Appeals rejects challenge to frac sand mine

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 16, 2014, 10:41 AM Jun 16, 2014
1

Opponents of frac sand mining in Winona County have lost a legal challenge at the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
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Economy

As economy picks up, sprawl threatens to gobble up rural charm in east metro

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 3, 2014, 2:06 PM Feb 3, 2014
2

But Lake Elmo didn’t want to be like everyone else and today it finally won a battle against the Metropolitan Council’s order that it needs to get bigger. Or did it win? Read more →

Five by 8

Retired before their time, a ride on a plow, and the scourge of value pricing (5×8 – 2/3/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 3, 2014, 7:16 AM Feb 3, 2014
3

The people being left behind, in praise of the plow driver, the scourge of value pricing at sporting events, the women of Williston, and the last mail call for John Latimer. Read more →

Minnesota: Land of millionaires

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 16, 2014, 3:03 PM Jan 16, 2014
4

Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes, but it’s got 10 times as many millionaires.
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Economy

Scenes from a shrinking newspaper

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2014, 12:13 PM Jan 9, 2014
1

What do you take with you after a lifetime of dedication to a company? The Pioneer Press, still with a beating heart if not much more, is saying goodbye to employees who have taken a buyout in its parent corporation’s latest round of cost cutting. It’s another test in the great American journalism experiment: How Read more →

Economy

Who’ll weep for the Boomers?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2014, 11:21 AM Jan 3, 2014
1

The reality for Baby Boomers nearing retirement is most of them know that if they lose their jobs today, they’re done. Read more →

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