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Business + Economy
Budget for Minneapolis riverfront site overhaul now “north of $300 million.”
DEED forecast points to slowing job growth amid Covid uptick.
Health care jobs rank high on the list.
The state’s unemployment rate again fell in October, but that’s only because its labor force participation rate also declined.
Next week, the state will hold its 14th annual veterans career fair, which regularly draws participation from Minnesota’s Fortune 500 companies.
But what it will be is anybody's guess.
State has only regained about half of jobs lost when pandemic first hit.
Minnesota is seeing an uptick in new business filings, echoing a trend seen during the Great Recession. With nearly a million newly unemployed, losing a job means a chance to start a business.
Though the state’s unemployment rate fell for the third month in a row in August, the change in seasons will likely disrupt economic progress.
Minnesota businesses got a short-term boost from federal loans, but now they're asking their private bankers for help to navigate a murky economic future.
But at the same time “job growth is slowing.”
Absent a strict lockdown to crush the virus spread, the Fed leader warns a weak economy could persist for a year or two.
The Small Business Administration is providing loans for up to $2 million for businesses damaged in the wake of social unrest after George Floyd’s death.
Nonprofit says new positions in line with “strategic plan” for new fiscal year.
The Warroad-based manufacturer halts factory furloughs and will return salaries to pre-pandemic levels on Aug. 1.
A new dashboard paints a cautiously optimistic picture for Minnesota’s unemployment rate, among other economic indicators.
Emerging trend amid pandemic appears to echo Great Recession.