Articles tagged as: Indiana economy
January 21, 2025
AI data centers threaten to derail climate progress in Indiana
Companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon are building large data centers in Indiana for AI. Each one requires power 24/7 — and a lot of it. But Indiana utilities weren’t anticipating this when they made plans to get more power from sources like wind and solar. Data centers could delay utilities’ efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2025
Maximum benefits length for unemployment could be almost cut in half by Senate bill
Hoosiers on unemployment insurance could see the maximum length of benefits cut nearly in half under a new proposal heard in a Senate committee.
Read MoreDecember 9, 2021
Ball State economist predicts lower economic growth in 2022, more remote workers
Ball State University's economist says COVID-19 is still affecting the economy and will likely do so through 2022. The most visible sign could be a continuing increase in the number of jobs done remotely.
Read MoreNovember 4, 2021
IU economists forecast labor and supply chain issues into 2022
Indiana economists forecast that shortages in the supply chain and workforce will continue in 2022.
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2021
Ball State Economist: COVID Put US Economy Back To 2017 Levels
Ball State's Michael Hicks says the U.S. economic growth of -4.6 percent in 2020 is the worst since 1946, when the country lost wartime manufacturing contracts.
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2021
Study Finds Pandemic Exacerbated Indiana's Preexisting Economic Issues
Only 42 percent of Hoosiers have what is considered a good paying job according to a new report released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution.
Read MoreNovember 1, 2018
IU Economists Forecast Strong 2019 Economy
Researchers say the state is at full employment, and they expect it to remain that way through 2019.
Read MoreNovember 4, 2016
Report Says Indiana Could Shrug Off Any US Economic Slowdown
The Kelley School of Business' annual economic forecast, released Thursday, shows demand for Indiana-made goods could help the state evade the nation's economic doldrums.
Read MoreJuly 14, 2016
Pence Announces Billion Dollar Entrepreneurship Plan
The Pence administration says the proposal aims to generate outside investment, potentially elevating the value of the overall plan.
Read MoreJuly 8, 2016
More Indiana Layoffs Being Certified As Global Trade-Related In 2016
Estimates from the Department of Workforce Development show that, in the last six months, more Indiana workers have qualified for federal benefits due to trade-related layoffs than in any of the past five years -- more than 3,200 since Jan. 1.
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