Regional Business and Economics Newspaper
January 2000
The pig in the python
Farmers believe they are getting squeezed by consolidation and concentration on the front and back ends
Annual Reports
fedgazetteAgribusiness Concentration
- Concentrating on food concentration
Continued low commodity prices have turned up the heat on consolidation in the food processing industry - A borderless perspective
Despite what we like—or want—to think, the United States doesn't have a monopoly on agribusiness consolidation and concentration - The cousin of consolidation: contracting
- A widget example of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index
Opinion
- Excelsior-Henderson: Motorcycle dream fades in bankruptcy
The recent bankruptcy of Minnesota's Excelsior-Henderson Co., a motorcycle manufacturer whose start-up was subsidized by state and local governments, has again raised the issue of the wisdom of those financial supports. The editorials in this issue look at two sides of the subsidy coin. - Counterpoint: The lesson to be learned from the failed Excelsior-Henderson
The recent bankruptcy of Minnesota's Excelsior-Henderson Co., a motorcycle manufacturer whose start-up was subsidized by state and local governments, has again raised the issue of the wisdom of those financial supports. The editorials in this issue look at two sides of the subsidy coin.
Agricultural Finance
- Bankers report farmers have some breathing room
Fourth Quarter 1999 Agricultural Credit Conditions Survey
Banking
- Noninterest income in the Ninth District
The roles of community and credit card banks
Business Poll
- Look for a growing economy in the new millennium
Responses to the Minneapolis Fed's November 1999 business poll
District Data
- Ninth District economy enters the new year in good shape
Ninth District Economic Forecast - A snapshot of cash rent for farmland
- Building boom is slowing
- Ninth District Outlook
Ninth District Economic Forecast Charts - Jobs wanted: Will work for (next to) nothing
- Tied to steel tracks
Trends in the steel industry hold important decisions for Minnesota and Upper Michigan iron ore mines looking for a secure future
State Roundups
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