Regional Business and Economics Newspaper
April 2000
Local economic development: At your service
With a little help, communities large and small are getting aggressive over local economic development.
Annual Reports
fedgazetteLocal Economic Development
- The crowded field of local economic development
- Upper Peninsula Economic Development
- Minnesota Economic Development
- Montana Economic Development
- North Dakota Economic Development
- South Dakota Economic Development
- Wisconsin Economic Development
- Semantics, lack of data create large gray area
- Local economic development: A recipe for stone soup
- Shoestring budgets and Third World competition
Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Arthur Rolnick's comments on business subsidies in the January fedgazette
Agricultural Finance
- Farmer and rancher financial conditions improve
First Quarter 2000 Agricultural Credit Conditions Survey
Banking
- Is financial modernization anything new?
Limited available data suggests that rather than revolutionizing the financial system, GLB actually builds on the integration that already exists between banks and other financial service providers - Banks face new rules and intense competition
Fifth Annual Ninth District Banking Poll
District Data
- Coming to a national forest near you
Roadless initiative more complex than “knuckle-dragging loggers vs. spotted owls” - Roadless initiative is rounding first phase and headed for second
- Critics say roadless initiative a hit-and-run on local communities
State Roundups
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