Regional Business and Economics Newspaper
May 2005
A rising housing tide
Despite economic ups and downs, strong housing markets have managed to lift a lot of boats.
Annual Reports
fedgazetteHousing
- Close-knit neighborhoods
Home-buying trends carve new niches in home types. - Bureaucratic rent trends
Data suggest soft rental markets in the district. - Housing affordability: Catch me if you can
Has housing affordability improved? Yes and no.
District Features
- Rust never sleeps
Soybean fungus threatens yields and fields. - The beet generation
Trade pacts may not be so sweet for district sugar beet farmers. - How sweet it is
- Foreign Inc.
You might not be able to spot foreign-owned firms in the district, but they add local jobs and some nuance to the globalization debate.
District Voices
Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor on the March 2005 fedgazette.
District Data
- Manufacturing lots of work for little profit
Manufacturing survey. - Manufacturing Survey Charts
- Winter Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey Results: State Comparison
- Winter Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey Results: Size Comparison
- District exports post strong growth in 2004
- Minnesota Manufactured Exports
- Montana Manufactured Exports
- North Dakota Manufactured Exports
- South Dakota Manufactured Exports
- Wisconsin Manufactured Exports
State Roundups
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