Hiring Still A Concern According To Mid America Business Index

Hiring Still A Concern According To Mid America Business Index

PIERRE, (KCCR) — Hiring across the middle of the country is not performing well according to a monthly survey of supply managers. Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska releases the monthly Mid America Business Conditions Index. Economics professor Dr. Ernie Goss says hiring on the index’s zero-to-100 scale dipped below the growth neutral mark of 50 in October…

Wage growth is on par with the economy…

South Dakota’s average hourly wage rate expanded by nine-percent for the period, or more than twice the three-point-seven percent increase in consumer prices.