Tag: minnesota
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September 24, 2009 09:05 AM EDT --
Here's a look at what we're looking at this morning.
From Minnesota Public Radio News
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is downplaying warnings that Minnesota's state budget will face a significant . . .
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October 12, 2009 04:54 PM EDT --
We've written a lot about stimulus spending , often with a skeptical eye. There's no doubt money is finding its way into Minnesota's economy . The larger question -- is it worth the gigantic . . .
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April 17, 2009 12:35 AM EDT --
Annie Baxter drew a detailed picture of Minnesota's unemployment situation in her fine story and MinnEcon post . I just wanted to follow up with a few more quick thoughts.
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March 25, 2009 05:47 PM EDT --
We're told that if we don't start spending and stop saving soon, we'll make the economy even worse. But is anyone really buying that (pun intended)?
Talk to your friends and neighbors . . .
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March 30, 2009 10:55 AM EDT --
This is a bad recession for Minnesota. And if you're age 30 or younger you're probably sick of hearing how it was harder way back when. But when it comes to employment, at least, 1981 was tougher. . . .
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April 10, 2009 04:15 PM EDT --
Realtors have an obvious interest in talking about how now is the right time to buy a house. Boom or bust markets, it's always a good time to buy!
Today, though, the St. Paul Area Association . . .
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April 22, 2009 11:59 AM EDT --
My colleagues Mike Caputo and Julia Schrenkler did a nice job Tuesday reporting on the growing use of business barter in this economy and nurturing a discussion .
One of our Public Insight . . .
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May 04, 2009 10:41 AM EDT --
Lose your job. Seek unemployment benefits. That's how most of us understand the drill.
The reality is if you're still employed but seeing your hours cut significantly, you need to apply . . .
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May 11, 2009 04:23 PM EDT --
We're always on the lookout for unusual economic indicators. So Jeane Nelson of Monticello got me thinking when she wrote in to tell us that she and her husband were planning to get rid of their . . .
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June 01, 2009 06:31 PM EDT --
Is higher education the next financial bubble ready to burst?
Tuition and fees at community colleges in Minnesota and Wisconsin are among the highest of any state in the nation . And tuition . . .
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September 22, 2009 05:18 PM EDT --
We talked recently about anecdotal evidence that Minnesota's economy may be turning around. So, OK, here's the other side: Data show the state remains weak relative to most of its neighbors . . . .
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October 02, 2009 02:05 PM EDT --
I'm conditioned to believe everyone wants to come to Minnesota and that even in a lousy economy the economic opportunities are better here. Maybe that perception's wrong.
I'm wondering after looking . . .
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October 06, 2009 01:34 PM EDT --
New college grad Allison Troyer told us recently about leaving Minnesota after she couldn't find find work here. We asked her for some detail. For people concerned about the state's future workforce, . . .
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September 12, 2008 05:41 PM EDT --
Stable, not stellar is how the summer tourism business ran this year in Minnesota and expectations for the fall season are lower, according to a survey from the state tourism office .
"Concerned . . .
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March 23, 2009 10:59 AM EDT --
It's $800 billion of love, right? The massive federal stimulus package is supposed to bring more than $4 billion in new spending to Minnesota. Projects are already laid out for greater Minnesota . . .
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March 23, 2009 06:20 PM EDT --
We've been asking people in our Public Insight Network about bonuses, how they're used in local companies and how important they are to Minnesotans who aren't executives.
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March 30, 2009 09:16 PM EDT --
Major economic reports on Tuesday include the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index , which will tell us how much our home values dropped in January. The data helpfully breaks out losses by . . .
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March 31, 2009 03:37 PM EDT --
We've been asking citizens in our Public Insight Network the past few weeks about what piece of the federal stimulus they might be seeking. But imagine being a mayor in small town Minnesota trying . . .
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April 02, 2009 09:00 AM EDT --
1.) Will Minnesota lose another 30,000 jobs by October? Creighton University's Economic Outlook project thinks so. The group's newest report says Minnesota lost about 82,000 jobs from . . .
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April 06, 2009 10:39 AM EDT --
Saving, spending and the right thing to do. That's a continuing theme here at MinnEcon. We're being told constantly, it seems, how i t's our duty to spend to help the economy . Now comes . . .
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