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Regional Business and Economics Newspaper May 2005

Focus: Housing
	A rising housing tide Despite economic ups and downs, strong housing markets have managed to lift a lot of boats 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.

Foreign Inc.
Foreign investment goes both ways.

District Voices

How has the declining international value of the dollar affected your business?

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

District Data

Manufacturing lots of work for little profit

District exports post strong growth in 2004

Ninth District Manufactured Exports
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State Roundups

Michigan        Minnesota       Montana
North Dakota  South Dakota  Wisconsin

Special Maps & Charts

U.S. Map: Percent of Occupied Housing Units That Are Owner Occupied