PIERRE, (KCCR) — The October Mid-America Business Conditions Index is revealing more of the same from previous surveys, low growth in the nine-state region…
Creighton University economics professor Dr. Ernie Goss says supply managers from the Dakotas to the Gulf of Mexico don’t seem to have much confidence in the economy moving forward…
Workforce and inflation are also concerns for regional supply managers…
South Dakota’s Business Conditions Index increased to a stout 59-even from September’s 49-point-eight. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics South Dakota’s average hourly wage rate expanded by one-point-seven percent in the last year, below the three-point-seven percent increase in consumer prices.
