Midwest business conditions index slips
BPC Staff May 3, 2016 | 8:09 pm
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0 wordsAll Latest News, Economic Development, Statewide NewsCedar Rapids Gazette: After three straight months of expansion, a gauge of business activity in a nine-state region of the Midwest declined last month, but remained above growth-neutral. Creighton University’s Mid-America Business Conditions Index dipped to 50.1 in April from 50.6 in March. Over the past several months, the regional index, much like the national reading, has indicated the manufacturing sector is experiencing anemic, but stabilizing, business conditions.